Virginia CU Advocates Reach Congressional Delegation Through ‘Hike The Hill,’ Summer Legislative Events

PHOTO: League and member credit unions, including ABNB Federal Credit Union, Chartway Credit Union, InFirst Federal Credit Union and Northwest Federal Credit Union, met with Sen. Mark Warner in Washington on Tuesday.

In Hike The Hill events this week in Washington and through a series of legislative events across the Commonwealth this summer, the Virginia Credit Union League and member credit unions met with every member of Virginia’s Congressional delegation in preparation for a busy end-of-year agenda on Capitol Hill.

Tuesday was another busy day in Washington, with credit union advocates meeting with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and the offices of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3rd), Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-4th) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11th). On Monday, we connected with the offices of Reps. Rob Wittman (R-1st), Jennifer Kiggans (R-2nd) and Don Beyer (D-8th).

Earlier this summer, we reached Reps. Bob Good (R-5th), Ben Cline (R-6th), Morgan Griffith (R-9th) and Jennifer Wexton (D-10th) through our Legislative Receptions across the state, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-7th) at an event in early September.

We made note of a number of pressing federal issues in each of our meetings, including:

• The defeat of interchange legislation,
• Preventing a government shutdown,
• Support for legislation that would allow meeting flexibility for the boards of federal credit unions, and
• Review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations’ potential harm to credit unions and their members.

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