WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Congress never intended to allow credit unions to be ground down by federal bureaucracy.

CU Times spoke with Gingrich at the Mayflower Hotel, where NAFCU hosted its annual Congressional Caucus event Wednesday. He was at the venue to speak to another group.

Gingrich said he does not support higher risk-based capital requirements proposed by the NCUA.

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