Member Control is 'Strength and Beauty' of Credit Unions, Senator Sanders Says
WASHINGTON — "The strength and beauty of credit unions is they are owned and controlled by the members," Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told participants in NAFCU's 2007 Congressional Caucus.
He may have left the House for the Senate, but his vigorous support of credit unions and criticism of the big banks has not changed. "I want to see credit unions grow and flourish because they are good for the working people of Vermont and the working people of America," Sanders said.
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