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Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer meets with credit unions representatives
in district
August 23, 2005
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- While he was home in his district during the August
recess, Congressman Steve Buyer (R-4) accepted the League’s invitation to meet
with credit union representatives from his district. The meeting was in the form
of a roundtable discussion and was held in the board room at Purdue EFCU. State
Senator Brandt Hershman (R-Monticello), who is Rep. Buyer’s district operations
director, accompanied the congressman.
League President John McKenzie and VP of Governmental Affairs Chris Beaumont
opened the meeting with remarks about how passage of the CURIA bill would
benefit consumers and small business owners who are credit union members. They
reviewed modernization and new powers legislation passed by Congress for banks
during the past six years while emphasizing that H.R. 1151 did not provide any
new powers for credit unions. Their remarks also touched on the importance of
the federal tax exemption and how it is benefiting credit union members.
Attendees offered examples of how CURIA would help them better serve their
members.
Rep. Buyer also heard information from the group about the structure of
credit unions as well as the role they play in meeting the needs of consumers
and small businesses in their communities. "Small businesses are the engine of
our economy," Buyer said.
After discussing credit union issues for most of the meeting, the
congressman, who is chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee and a member of
the Energy & Commerce and Health Care Committees, told the group about other
things he is doing on constituents’ behalf, including the myriad of medical
issues associated with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and sifting
through regulatory and other considerations associated with the cable TV and
telecommunications issues such as Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP).
"We had a very positive exchange," said McKenzie, "and appreciate the
congressman’s willingness to engage in such an in-depth discussion of issues
that are important to credit unions."
Photo Caption, from left: Virgil Vaughn, Purdue EFCU; F. E. Maxwell,
Lakes FCU; Carrie Stiers, League Governmental Affairs Specialist; Phil Thoben,
Purdue EFCU; League VP of Governmental Affairs Chris Beaumont; Anjulen Anderson,
district aide to Rep. Buyer; League President John McKenzie; State Senator
Brandt Hershman ( R-Monticello); League Chairman Angie Dufour, Central FCU;
Congressman Steve Buyer (R-4); Greg Trana, Anita Studer, Deb McGee, Amy Maxwell
and Kay Mull of Industrial FCU; David Williams, Bill Connors, Brian Musser, Bill
Arnold and Bob Falk of Purdue EFCU.
The Indiana Credit Union League is the statewide trade association for credit
unions in Indiana and those credit unions serve more than 2 million Hoosiers.
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