[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 4, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN COMMEMORATION OF U.S. CENTRAL CREDIT UNION

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 4, 2003

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, U.S. Central Credit Union (U.S. Central), 
located in my home state of Kansas, has worked to support corporate 
credit unions in serving their members through innovative and premier 
financial services for nearly 30 years. U.S. Central was chartered in 
1974 to assist corporate credit unions in meeting the financial 
services needs of consumer credit unions throughout the country.
  While providing financial products and services to corporate credit 
unions, and growing to become a $33 billion financial institution, U.S. 
Central has never forgotten the hallmark of the credit union philosophy 
of ``people helping people.'' Credit unions were created more than 100 
years ago to allow people of ordinary means gain financial 
independence. U.S. Central strives to provide the best value in 
products and services for its corporate members, and this same guiding 
principle is passed on to the more than 80 million credit union member 
consumers that are living in our country today.
  As a financial cooperative, U.S. Central strives to make decisions 
that are in the best interest of its member owners--the nation's 
corporate credit unions. Its leaders have learned that this concept 
brings success to all of us, and that equitable service is of paramount 
importance.
  U.S. Central should also be recognized for its compassion for its 
surrounding community. Because U.S. Central's membership is comprised 
of corporate credit unions, which serve consumer credit unions 
throughout the country, it has defined its community as both local and 
national in scope.
  Nationally, U.S. Central supports organizations such as the National 
Credit Union Foundation, which helps credit union employees and their 
families in disaster-recovery situations, and assists credit unions in 
making affordable mortgages to people of modest means, among other 
activities. Another focus of U.S. Central's support is the World 
Council of Credit Unions, which promotes credit union development 
worldwide for the purpose of expanding affordable financial services to 
people all over the globe.
  Locally, U.S. Central actively supports several community programs. 
Two key projects that fit well with the company's broad objective of 
helping to foster people's financial well-being are Kansas City Saves, 
a coalition encouraging urban residents to save and build wealth more 
effectively, and the Kansas Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy, 
which supports personal finance education for children in grades K-12.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend U.S. Central Credit Union for its support, 
dedication and commitment to the credit unions across our nation, and I 
applaud them, as they prepare to dedicate their new corporate facility 
in Lenexa, Kansas, on February 5, 2003, and as they honor the 
architects of the credit union community that helped credit unions 
become an important financial resource for today's consumers.

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