NAFCU blitzes Hill, talks CU issues with lawmakers

NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger, other senior staff and association members were on Capitol Hill yesterday for the opening of the 116th Congress to welcome new and returning legislators as they were sworn in. Berger and staff throughout the day also touted the association’s 2019 priorities agenda, on which credit union growth is No. 1.

See all of the lawmakers NAFCU met with here.

“NAFCU welcomes the new and returning legislators to Washington and we look forward to working with them on issues critical to the credit union industry in this new Congress,” Berger said. “As the industry’s Washington Watchdog, NAFCU will work hard to ensure all lawmakers understand credit unions’ unique status as not-for-profit, member-owned financial institutions, and we will build on progress made in recent years to create the regulatory environment that allows credit unions to grow and thrive.”

 

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