California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe 04:51
As California faces the largest insurance crisis in the state’s history, there is still no leader of the state Senate Insurance Committee.
Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six years. As of Wednesday, that committee is the only committee in the entire legislature without a chair.
Rubio, arguably the most qualified person for the role in the Senate, is embroiled in a federal corruption investigation. Meanwhile, the long-time senior committee staffer who could guide the committee in the absence of an experienced chair left the Senate last year to work for an insurance company, and half of the committee members are new.
CBS News California Investigates exclusively spoke with Rubio on Friday. The senator directly addressed questions about the investigation and the open committee chair.
Rubio, a Democrat from Baldwin Park, said she’s
California Senate Insurance Committee still without leader amid corruption probe, insurance crisis
