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Appropriations panel trims Veterans Affairs budget amendment over commissioner pay increase
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee amended and approved the Department of Veterans Affairs budget bill (Senate Bill 20‑25), cutting funding tied to a recent commissioner pay increase and preserving other program additions including rural transport grants, state approving agency staff and service-dog support.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved an amended budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs that reduces an administration-proposed pay supplement tied to a recent commissioner salary increase and advances multiple program additions.
The amendment to Senate Bill 20‑25, moved in committee and adopted by roll call, reduced a $100,000 general-fund placeholder for a commissioner salary ‘‘equity’’ increase to $25,000 and preserved funding for an expanded state approving agency position, rural transportation grants and ongoing service‑dog support.
The committee adopted the amendment after members questioned a 46% raise the department’s governing board had given the commissioner. Senator Devers, the member carrying the bill in committee, told colleagues that the…
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