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Mayor Andy Schor, State Rep. Lee Chatfield (R-Levering), their members. It’s very important, so the information
House Democratic Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) we’re talking about here today, dealing with data breaches,
and State Rep. Jim Tedder (R-Clarkston). lienholders and other topics, it’s important stuff that
we need to know. We need to hear from the boots on
2017 MCUL Capitol Day the ground.”
Nearly 100 credit union leaders attended MCUL’s In-District/State Engagement With Lawmakers
biennial event to discuss legislative priorities with our
state lawmakers. This year, data breach reforms, payday 2017 was a tremendous year for credit unions in terms
lending expansion and lienholder notification legislation of building relationships with members of the Michigan
took center stage. After legislative briefs, more than delegation. Credit union leaders across the state hosted
100 state lawmakers and policy staff joined attendees meetings with their members of Congress wherein policy
to learn about these issues over lunch. issues were discussed. For instance, CU chapters held
legislative breakfasts in the spring and fall that were
State Rep. Diana Farrington (R-Utica) championed Cap- attended by members of the delegation. In addition,
itol Day, saying, “I get to meet the actual credit unions industry leaders and MCUL staff attended a significant
that are in my district and get to hear their issues and number of in-district fundraisers. These interactions
what’s going on in the community, so I get a lot out of it.” have resulted in a delegation that is not only better
informed on credit issues and the credit union difference,
Andy Schor, a member of the Michigan House of Repre- but is more apt to reach out to us when questions or
sentatives, concurred, stating, “I want to hear the issues needs arise.
that are affecting credit unions, but more importantly,
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