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Legislative Update with Jay Kruse by Jay Kruse, Chief Advocacy Officer Good Morning! Our virtual spring Hike the Hill meetings continue this week as we connect with South Dakota Senator John Thune and Congressman Dusty Johnson later today and Senator Mike Rounds on Friday morning. We kicked off our North Dakota congressional meetings last week, meeting with Senator Hoeven and his staff, but unfortunately were forced to postpone our meeting with Congressman Armstrong due to a last-minute conflict in Washington. This is nothing new or out of the ordinary for this time of year, as both chambers of Congress normally have a full slate of issues to tackle, especially this year with the Biden administration now in control of the White House. We definitely recognize and appreciate our Dakota congressional delegation for doing all they can to fit us into their tight schedules. While these virtual meetings generally serve as more of a congressional update from our delegation, we do cover a wide range of issues that are top of mind for credit union leadership in both states. As you can imagine, a large part of our discussions will focus on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on credit union operations and capital levels. However, this week we will also be discussing some ongoing issues that are back in the spotlight, such as data privacy and security, financial fraud, and cannabis banking. These topics can be very state specific; however, we believe the need for national data security and privacy standards and a federal solution to cannabis banking has never been greater. The current patchwork of various state regulations is only causing more confusion on these issues. While all our South Dakota spring Hike the Hill meetings will be taking place virtually this week, we still hope to get meetings scheduled with both Senator Cramer and Congressman Armstrong in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to The Memo and your inboxes for more details as they are available We appreciate the ongoing support of our advocacy efforts and hope you consider joining us for a conversation with your Dakotas’ Congressional Delegation! As always, don’t hesitate to contact me at jkruse@dakcu.org with any questions or comments.
Legislative Update with Jay Kruse
by Jay Kruse, Chief Advocacy Officer
Good Morning!
Our virtual spring Hike the Hill meetings continue this week as we connect with South Dakota Senator John Thune and Congressman Dusty Johnson later today and Senator Mike Rounds on Friday morning.
We kicked off our North Dakota congressional meetings last week, meeting with Senator Hoeven and his staff, but unfortunately were forced to postpone our meeting with Congressman Armstrong due to a last-minute conflict in Washington. This is nothing new or out of the ordinary for this time of year, as both chambers of Congress normally have a full slate of issues to tackle, especially this year with the Biden administration now in control of the White House. We definitely recognize and appreciate our Dakota congressional delegation for doing all they can to fit us into their tight schedules.
While these virtual meetings generally serve as more of a congressional update from our delegation, we do cover a wide range of issues that are top of mind for credit union leadership in both states. As you can imagine, a large part of our discussions will focus on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on credit union operations and capital levels. However, this week we will also be discussing some ongoing issues that are back in the spotlight, such as data privacy and security, financial fraud, and cannabis banking. These topics can be very state specific; however, we believe the need for national data security and privacy standards and a federal solution to cannabis banking has never been greater. The current patchwork of various state regulations is only causing more confusion on these issues.
While all our South Dakota spring Hike the Hill meetings will be taking place virtually this week, we still hope to get meetings scheduled with both Senator Cramer and Congressman Armstrong in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to The Memo and your inboxes for more details as they are available
We appreciate the ongoing support of our advocacy efforts and hope you consider joining us for a conversation with your Dakotas’ Congressional Delegation! As always, don’t hesitate to contact me at jkruse@dakcu.org with any questions or comments.