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NAFCU's Carrie Hunt and Chad Adams met with several lawmakers on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, including Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Chad Adams and Rep. Ander Crenshaw (NAFCU photo)

Hunt, NAFCU's executive vice president of government affairs and general counsel, and Adams, NAFCU's senior associate director of legislative affairs, also met with House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., and Reps. John Shimkus, R-Ill., Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla. chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services, and Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., who is the vice-chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. On Monday evening, Hunt also met with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., who is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Rules Committee.

Chad Adams and Sen. Bob Corker (NAFCU photo)

Hunt and Adams are at the convention to attend policy meetings, breakfast and lunch events, and they have been meeting with lawmakers to discuss issues important to credit unions. Convention speakers Tuesday included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Capito and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Gov. Phil Bryant and Chad Adams (NAFCU photo)

Hunt and Adams will be joined later in the week by NAFCU Associate Director of Political Affairs Meghan Brady. NAFCU's team is focused this week on bringing the regulatory burden on credit unions to the attention of lawmakers and other policymakers.

Tiffany Trump and Donald Trump Jr., presidential candidate Donald Trump's children, also spoke Tuesday.

Next week, NAFCU Board Vice Chair Jeanne Kucey (CEO & President of JetStream Federal Credit Union) and NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler will be in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention.

Chairman Tom Price and Chad Adams (NAFCU photo)