House feat: 220120

IFthis is nota hard-wirking House,we don,tknowwhatto call

Let the tale of the congressional tape astonish vou-
Ofcourse, m uch of th e'credit soes t6 the lesishdve oointman
who deftlyshepherded colleagties into supp6rtine ke'v pieces of
socio-economicallv relevant legislation -Malorid Leider Mar_
tin Rom ualdez.
The House of Representatives has processed a total of 220
measures in 20 session days, thus deliv'erins its comnitmen t to
pursue the legislative ageirda of president Duterte.
_ h d statement on Monday, House Maioritv Leader Martin
Romualdez reported that the House proceissedan averase of l1
'measures per session dav hom lulv 22 to October g-
Romualdez said the chambeialio approved a total of l g bills
on final reading.
And they ardjust getting started. Irnagine the congressional
output down the road ahead.
.. Romualdez, who chairs the House committee on ru.les. hieh_
[ghted that the notable bi]l that was passed on final readiniin
record tlme was the proposed 2020 p4.I _trillion nationaj budEet.
_Uther bills approved on third and final readine indude theiax
relorm measures, such as the HB 1025 or a meXsure irnoosins
addrhonaI excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco and vape prciducts]
HB 300oramendmento theForeim Inuestm"nt edr Lf idsll;#i
JU4 or the Pa ssi ve Income an d F ininc ial ln term ed iarv Taxation
AcU and HB 4157 or the Corporate Incolne iax an7 il;;;;
RationaLization Act.
".We.also
"We also immediately
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passedon +hir,l and
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^n third final -^^J:--L:rr^
readinebills
uncler the Lomprehensive Tax Reform program (CTRP) tdhelo
re9jh thg A credit rating goal of the Duterte"administration,,, h'e
"We are.notch away from ,A, territory ratinq after a vote of
cortr-dence try S tand ard & poor's (S&p), ubqradiip
the coun trv,s
credit rating from'BBB, to,BBB+, with a itible ou"tlook becarlse
or the robusteconomic growth,,, the Lel.te lawmaker added-
Komualdezvowed that the House leadership wou l d continue
to perform better to pass key legislative .t"ru;;-r-u-i;;l;i
uplifting the lives of frIpinosl
, "TheHou.se.as an insdtution performed its tasks commend_
ar,l yand wrth drs tincti o n to d eli ver the legi s la ti ve a eenda of the
t'resrdent._ We answered the challenges.-arld demXnds
of oui
dutres and responsibilities,,, he said.-
"This will us-her us toa good start. l-hrough the collective hard
lvorKano deterrmna fion of House members-under the leadershio
of Speaker.Cayetano, we areatways foc;"J;;;;-;;it"d j5
at all rim-es to make bener the life oi
FftT,fl: lTJ:ffiFjon
. ..TheHouseleadernoted that thelowerchamberapproved3g
brtts on second read ilg_ and adopted 14 resolutiond.'
_ (Jt course, none ot these would have been accomolished if
there_were not enough lawmakers aro""d 6;;tit b6lil;a;
measules,
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