League Hosts Virtual Hike-The-Hill Meetings

Your League has almost wrapped up its virtual Hike-The-Hill events with our Congressional delegation. We secured appointments with nine lawmakers, which offered us the opportunity to lobby for credit union priorities, including various pandemic relief measures (troubled debt restructuring measures, simplifying PPP lending and extending borrowing authority for the Central Liquidity Facility); data security (federal legislation that would require application of a robust national data security and privacy standard to all entities that collect or hold personal data); and protection of credit unions’ tax status.

“These virtual meetings help us keep our issues in front of our lawmakers,” noted League President Rick Pillow, “and they also provided credit unions an opportunity to showcase their service to members and their communities during the past year.”

During the calls, credit union representatives shared how they’ve waived fees for members, created skip-a-pay and forbearance programs, provided emergency loans to members, and participated in the SBA’s PPP initiative to aid small businesses.

Lawmakers also heard from credit unions on the challenges they’ve experienced during the pandemic, including upticks in fraud. 

Leagues across the nation are conducting virtual Hike-The-Hill events as part of CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference.

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