 Your weekly advocacy update: Stay informed, take action, and champion the voice of America’s defense credit unions! It's been a productive week for our movement as we continue working to protect the credit union difference and the ability to serve members effectively.
 Your weekly advocacy update: Stay informed, take action, and champion the voice of America’s defense credit unions! As we close out another active week of advocacy, I wanted to share several important developments and highlight how DCUC continues to champion the interests of defense and military-serving credit unions.
 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) strategic plan, released in April, outlines a set of laudable goals. At its core it articulates a new, and overdue, focus on preventing consumer harm and a commitment to adhering to its statutory mandate.
 Throughout our 63-year history, the Defense Credit Union Council continues to make a significant difference for the credit union industry. It is our strong mission identification, a solid foundation of credibility, and several well-connected member institutions that have propelled DCUC into an expanded role and positioned us to take industry leadership on important matters. This has led to our recent growth from directly representing 23 million credit union members to over 45 million today. It has been a remarkable journey.
 There are some truths in Washington that become easier to see the farther one gets from Washington. On a military installation, in a town built around service, or in the fragile days when a family is bracing for deployment, transfer, or transition, finance stops being abstract. It becomes immediate and human. It is rent and readiness, peace of mind and mission focus, stability at home and strength abroad. That is why defense must remain central to DCUC’s advocacy for the entire credit union industry. It is where the case for credit unions becomes clearest, most urgent, and most believable. DCUC’s own mission is rooted in serving military and veteran communities, and every credit union in the country serves active-duty military, veterans, or their families. That insight is more than a talking point. It is the map.
 Congressional passage of bipartisan housing legislation, by overwhelming margins in both chambers, paves the way for a House-Senate conference that could produce a final bill that includes DCUC-backed credit union regulatory relief items.
 The Defense Credit Union Council is very blessed to have the movement’s best leaders serving on the DCUC Board of Directors. Each director plays a vital role not only in setting the strategic direction of the Council, but also in enforcing accountability, defending our policy positions, and recruiting other CEOs to join our association.
 As Republicans in Congress begin discussing what many on Capitol Hill are calling “Reconciliation 2.0,” credit unions across the country are once again watching closely.
 Your weekly advocacy update: Stay informed, take action, and champion the voice of America’s defense credit unions! Stay up to speed as we push forward! Follow along with our weekly announcements here.
 As 2026 begins, there are several holdover credit union regulatory and judicial issues on the docket from last year that DCUC is working on.
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