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Senate Banking Chair Dodd, ‘Departed’ Co-Star Sheen to Address 4,200 Credit Union Participants Feb. 26-27

February 21, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Pat Keefe, CUNA
(202) 508-6765; pkeefe@cuna.com

WASHINGTON --- More than 4,200 credit union participants will hear from Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Senate Banking Committee Chairman and candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, and Martin Sheen, co-star of the best picture Oscar-nominated movie “The Departed,” during the Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), which gets underway Monday in Washington.

Dodd speaks during the Tuesday, Feb. 27 session at 1:45 p.m. Sheen (who also starred as President Bartlett on the NBC-TV series “The West Wing”) speaks during the Monday, Feb. 26 session of the credit union meeting.

The credit union meeting is held at the Hilton Washington Hotel (1919 Conn. Ave., N.W.). The GAC is an annual gathering of credit union leaders from around the nation. It is designed to bring the voice of credit unions to lawmakers – and to bring the voice of lawmakers and policymakers to credit unions about the latest issues affecting credit unions, financial institutions and consumer finance. The GAC is expected to be the largest gathering of credit union representatives for the year. The 2007 GAC is among the largest ever conducted by CUNA.

Other speakers on the CUNA program include House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass., speaking on Tuesday at 1 p.m.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md., speaking Tuesday at 10 a.m.), House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo., speaking Tuesday at 8:50 a.m.), and Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn., and chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, speaking Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.)

Additional congressional speakers at the Tuesday Feb. 27 session include:

• Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., House Majority Whip;
• Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala. and ranking GOP Member of the House Financial Services Committee;
• Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., chairman of the capital markets subpanel of the Financial Services Committee;
• Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. and a member of the Financial Services Committee;
• Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah.<.li>

Other speakers at the CUNA conference include: SBA Administrator Steven Preston; U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral; JoAnn Johnson, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board chairman; Rodney Hood, NCUA Board vice chairman; Gigi Hyland, NCUA Board member; and CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica.

(See the attached schedule for approximate times and dates)

All general sessions are open to the media and take place in the International Ballroom of the Hilton Washington Hotel at 1919 Conn. Ave., N.W. A complete listing of general session speakers is attached.

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

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) is the nation’s largest credit union trade group. With its network of affiliated state credit union leagues, CUNA serves 90 percent of America’s nearly 9,000 credit unions, which are owned by 89 million consumer members. Credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives providing affordable financial services to people from all walks of life.

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Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
2007 Governmental Affairs Conference
February 26 – 27, International Ballroom, Hilton Washington Hotel

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CONTACTS

Patrick Keefe: 202-508-6765; cell phone: 202-408-4065
Mark Wolff: 202-508-6764; cell phone: 202-262-3712

Speaker Listing (Speaking times are approximate)

MONDAY, Feb. 26
8:55 a.m.: Program begins
9:25: CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica
10:30: NCUA Board Chairman JoAnn Johnson
10:45: SBA Administrator Steven Preston
11:00: NCUA Vice Chairman Rodney Hood
11:30: Actor Martin Sheen

TUESDAY, Feb. 27
8:30 a.m.: Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT)
8:50: House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO)
9:15: NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland
9:30: Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
9:45: Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)
10:00: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
10:15: House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC)
10:30: U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral
10:45: Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
1:00 p.m.: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
1:30: Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)
1:45: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)

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