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Credit unions should begin making arrangements to attend NAFCU's Congressional Caucus, Sept. 18-21 in Washington, for a chance to meet directly with lawmakers and regulators to discuss top credit union issues. Three members of the House Financial Services Committee are already slated to speak during the event.

"NAFCU's Congressional Caucus in September is the perfect opportunity for credit union professionals to share their stories with lawmakers and regulators – face-to-face – about the devastating impact overregulation is having on their ability to serve their more than 103 million member-owners," said NAFCU Director of Political Affairs Dan O'Brien. "Credit unions need to plan to attend Caucus; the personal connection with lawmakers and regulators is priceless."

House Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., has already been added to the Caucus speaker slate. McHenry also serves on the committee's Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, and Oversight and Investigations subcommittees.

(Top) Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo. (Above) Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C.

House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., and full committee member Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., will also speak at this year's Congressional Caucus.

Luetkemeyer introduced the NAFCU-supported H.R. 1408, the "Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015," and has cosponsored many other NAFCU-backed bills. Mulvaney led the charge on the NCUA budget oversight bill H.R. 2287, the "National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act," – also backed by NAFCU – which was marked up and passed out of the House Financial Services Committee in December 2015.

NAFCU's Congressional Caucus is open to member and nonmember credit unions. Follow updates on the conference via Twitter with #NAFCUCaucus.

This week, both the House and Senate are in their home districts and states. NAFCU encourages credit union members to reach out to lawmakers while they're in town to discuss top credit union issues. For help arranging meetings with lawmakers during their home-work periods, member credit unions can reach out to O'Brien, at dobrien@nafcu.org.