This week the House used the annual Claims Against the State bill as a "vehicle" to restore the base funding for the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs and a mobile unit to serve veterans outside the metro areas in the state.  Earlier in the session, the House Appropriations Committee stripped all of the funding for this important state veterans agency because of some legislators expressed dissatisfaction with the agency.  The Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs provides an invaluable service to our state's heroic former servicemen and women.  I was thrilled to see these funds restored.  Senate Bill 534 contains the funding for the Commission, and was approved at a vote of 96-26.