Sen. Mark Warner Meets With Virginia CU Representatives at League's Capitol Hill Reception

As part of our advocacy efforts at GAC today, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) was the guest of honor at the League's Legislative Reception on Capitol Hill. More than 40 credit union advocates joined us at the reception.

Sen. Mark Warner with Dominion Energy Credit Union CEO Afua Essandoh.

Members of the Virginia Credit Union League Board of Directors with Sen. Mark Warner. Pictured from left: Paul Muse (Board Treasurer) (1st Advantage FCU); Joe Thomas (Board Chairman) (NextMark Credit Union); Sen. Warner; Janine Williams (Board Secretary) (UVA Community CU); Jeff Bentley (Board Vice Chair) (Northwest FCU); and Mike Warrell (ValleyStar CU).

A contingent of ValleyStar CU advocates with Sen. Mark Warner.

J.R. Walker, senior policy advisor to Congressman Morgan Griffith, also joined us for today's Capitol Hill Reception.

"We appreciated the opportunity to discuss with Sen. Warner the impact of regulation on credit union business and our priorities," noted League Chief Advocacy Officer JT Blau.

This week, your League and member credit unions have scheduled meetings with the offices of every member of the Virginia Congressional Delegation.

"GAC offers such a unique opportunity to advocate for credit unions, with almost 6,000 credit union representatives gathered this week in Washington to showcase our story and highlight our mission," said Blau. 

We also hosted J.R. Walker, senior policy advisor to Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-9), at Monday's reception.

This week, we have the following meetings scheduled with lawmakers:

Wednesday, March 6

• 1:30 pm – Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-02) - 1037 Longworth House Office Building
• 3:00 pm – Rep. Bobby Scott (D-03) - 2328 Rayburn House Office Building
• 4:00 pm – Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-09) - 2202 Rayburn House Office Building

Thursday, March 7

• 9:30 am – Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) - 231 Russell Senate Office Building
• 10:00 am – Rep. Abigail Spanberger* (D-07) - 562 Cannon House Office Building
• 10:30 am – Rep. Ben Cline (R-06) - 2443 Rayburn House Office Building
• 11:00 am – Rep. Don Beyer* (D-08) - 1119 Longworth House Office Building
• 12:00 pm – Rep. Rob Wittman* (R-01) - 2055 Rayburn House Office Building
• 2:00 pm – Rep Bob Good (R-05) - 461 Cannon House Office Building
• 2:00 pm – Rep. Jennifer McClellan* (D-04) - 2417 Rayburn House Office Building
• 2:30 pm – Rep. Gerry Connolly* (D-11) - 2265 Rayburn House Office Building

*Denotes Meeting with Staff