particular this evening, because he is one of the new people up front, the house minority leader tom burris. congratulations on the new leadership. [applause] >> i saw the world's tallest waterslide. in your district it is close. it is a great place. welcome back, delighted to have all of you here today. i want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces. major general paul is currently leading the fight against isis. he is in charge and leading that fight right now. he is in iraq, so obviously he is not here with us tonight. we wanted to recognize on the brave kansans who serve. gentlemen, could you please stand so we could honor you. thank you. >> we are so proud of the military and our state. i am informed by the clerk's that 165 members of the current legislature, about 100 of them are new to this since 2010. many of you have not have the opportunity to hear from another governor other than me. for that, i don't apologize. but i will try to keep this speech short, concise, and to the point. i have been given by the believe that government exists to serve the people. those wh

particular this evening because he's one of the new people in the forefront of leadership, and that's tom burris, the house majority leader. tom, congratulations on the position and new leadership. [applause] >> i saw him just before i was going down to willis teller waterslide. at least it's close and it's a great place. good evening and glad to be back. before i talk about this in ernest i want to pay tribute to the men and women in our armed forces. the strength of kansas is best represented, i think, by those who risk their lives to protect us. general paul funk from fort riley is currently leading the fight against isis. he's in charge and leading that fight right now. he's in iraq so obviously he's not here with us tonight, but instead i wanted to have here and recognize all the brave kansans who serve through the brigadier general wesley and jackson. gentlemen, will you please stand to we can honor you. thank you. [applause] >> we are so proud of the military in our state and what you do to keep us free and safe. now, i'm informed by the clerks that of the 165 current members of the legis