NAFCU talks CU priorities with Biden-Harris transition team
As President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepare to take office in January, leaders of NAFCU’s award-winning advocacy team discussed credit union priorities with members of the Biden-Harris transition team.
NAFCU Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel Carrie Hunt, Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler, Vice President of Research and Chief Economist Curt Long, and Director of Regulatory Affairs Ann Kossachev participated in Tuesday’s call with the transition team’s financial agencies group.
During the meeting, NAFCU shared its vision for the NCUA as credit unions’ independent regulator and the regulatory and legislative issues credit unions would like addressed. The association recently outlined for Congress several areas – related to easing compliance burdens, supporting more small businesses, allowing credit unions to serve consumers in need, and more – it can address during the lame duck session to support credit unions, their members, and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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