More than 80 credit union representatives deliver the credit union message
March 6, 2006

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN, center) met with representatives from Indiana credit unions in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room March 1. Sen. Lugar, who is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is the longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history and is one of the most influential members of the Senate. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 and won a fifth term in 2000.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 80 credit union representatives from Indiana attended CUNA’s GAC and delivered the credit union message to the state’s congressmen on Capitol Hill last week. Topics of discussion included the benefits to members of credit unions’ federal tax exemption, regulatory relief and responding to attacks from banking groups.

The group met directly with Sen. Richard Lugar and five of the state’s U.S. Representatives over a two-day span. Additionally, there were meetings with legislative assistants in the offices of other Indiana Congressmen.

“This is one of the largest groups from Indiana that we have ever taken to the Governmental Affairs Conference, and it included several first time attendees,” said League President John McKenzie. “We appreciate the support of credit unions expressed by those we met with and we are particularly honored to have met with Sen. Lugar, a steadfast credit union supporter since he has been in the Senate, in his Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room.” Sen. Lugar is the longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history.

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