Senate Banking Chair Dodd, House Financial Services Chair Frank, Among Lineup to Address 4,200 Credit Union Participants Feb. 23-26

February 20, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Keefe
CUNA Communications, 202-508-6765
pkeefe@cuna.com


UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS/TIME CHANGES

WASHINGTON --- More than 4,200 credit union representatives gather in Washington at the Convention Center next week to hear House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-
Conn.) and House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) – among many others from Capitol Hill -- during the Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., has also joined the speaker’s roster; he will address the group Wednesday,
Feb. 25.

All general sessions at the conference, which gets underway Monday (Feb. 23) at the convention center, are open to the media and take place on Level 2, in Hall E. The Washington Convention Center is located at 801 Mount Vernon Place,
NW, Washington.

For more information, contact Patrick Keefe (202-508-6765/cell ph: 202-403-4065;
pkeefe@cuna.com) or Mark Wolff
(202-508-6764/cell ph: 202-262-3712;
mwolff@cuna.com) in the CUNA Communications Department.


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