Tubbs Jones, a member of the powerful House Ways and MeansCommittee, was a co-sponsor of the Credit Union RegulatoryImprovements Act (H.R. 1537) and backed several other measures ofimportance to credit unions. She had personal experience with themovement as one of the founders of the Bethany Baptist ChurchCredit Union, at the congregation on Cleveland's East Side whereshe worshiped her entire life. The credit union has since mergedwith Antioch Credit Union.
|The 58-year-old congresswoman was a staunch credit unionadvocate. "She'd been a long-time friend of credit unions inCongress, one of our more vocal allies," NAFCU Director ofLegislative Affairs Brad Thaler stated. He added that she hadspoken at NAFCU's annual Congressional Caucus before and was slatedto do so this September.
|"CUNA and the nation's credit unions are deeply saddened tolearn of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones's untimely death,"said CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica. "We worked most closely with heras a co-sponsor of the Credit Union
|Regulatory Improvements Act and during her service on the HouseWays and Means Committee, where she always had an open-doorpolicy." Mica added that Tubbs
|Jones' constituency was a her motivating force throughout hertenure in Congress. "She was a skilled legislator, a good friend,and we in the credit union community will miss her."
|In addition to being an early co-sponsor to CURIA, she was alsoone of the most active members of Congress in getting the SmallBusiness Administration to open its 7(a) program to all creditunions; it had previously only been open to community charters. Shealso stood up for credit unions during the now infamous Ways andMeans Committee hearing of November 2005, when then-Chairman BillThomas (R-Calif.) went after nonprofit hospitals' and creditunions' tax-exempt status.
|Tubbs Jones, the first African-American female to represent Ohioin Congress, was an advocate of expanding the availability ofaffordable housing and often lauded credit unions for their work inthis area.
|She was a former prosecutor and judge and has served in Congresssince 1999.
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