Advocacy on the Move
Joe Adamack
VP, Legislative Affairs for Washington
Phone: 206.340.4812
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x102
Joe Adamack is the Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the GoWest Credit Union Association in Washington. In this role, he represents the interests of the state’s 85 credit unions and their members before the Legislature, statewide elected officials, and agencies to ensure state laws and rules support and foster a positive regulatory environment that […]
Ryan Fitzgerald
VP, Legislative Affairs for Idaho
Phone: 208.350.6116
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x306
Ryan Fitzgerald is the GoWest Credit Union Association Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the State of Idaho. Fitzgerald works on behalf of Idaho credit unions and their members to advocate for sound policy and legislation that is beneficial and supportive of the credit union movement. He’s a passionate advocate for credit union interests and, […]
Pamela Leavitt
Policy Advisor, Advocacy & Grassroots for Oregon
Phone: 503.887.2336
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
Pamela Leavitt is the Oregon State advocacy and grassroots policy advisor for the GoWest Credit Union Association. Leavitt contributes to the coordination of the Association’s governmental affairs activities in the Oregon Legislature, with emphasis on establishing effective credit union participation in the legislative and political process. She helps manage the legislative agenda and works with […]
Senate Banking Committee Hearing Dives into Canna Banking Issues
July 23, 2019
This is the first time proposed federal legislation aimed at resolving some of those issues, received a Senate hearing.
Of note:
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who is cosponsoring SAFE, noted Oregon took in $80 million in taxes from legal marijuana -related businesses in FY 2018, but due to the dangerous high-cash environment, “that’s $80 million traveling down the roads and highways n duffle bags and backpacks.”
Rachel Pross, Chief Risk Officer at Salem, Oregon-based Maps Credit Union, told the committee about her credit unions’ work to serve 500 canna-related accounts. Pross noted Maps is “on track to remove over $860 million in cash from the sidewalks of Oregon’s communities, in just three years’ time.”
“We need Congress to provide financial institutions that choose to serve state-sanctioned cannabis businesses with a safe harbor,” Pross said.
Posted in Advocacy on the Move.
