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Tim Geithner: Given the critical role of insurers in enabling credit transactions... do you believe that we can undertake serious…

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
Given the critical role of insurers in enabling credit transactions... do you believe that we can undertake serious market reform without establishing Federal regulation of the insurance industry.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner questions the feasibility of market reform without federal insurance regulation.

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