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lUlartin: House to
of PBBII Rriirity bills
Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin
HO-USE Ro-
mualdez yesterday said the llouse of Representatives
will expedite the passage of kesident Rodrigo lluterte's
priority measures, including b,ills creating the Depart-
ments of Filipinos Overseas (DFO), Water Resources
@WR) and Disaster Resilience 1A1jR;. g7pgss.11
vital lecislative measures- second readins. Disasier Resilience to cre-
The SpEaker made a clear "This inc|ides House ate a prjmarv asencv re-
instruction to Dass Lhese Bill No. 5673 which autho- sponsibJe foi leiainf tne
bitls. No less thah President rizes the DeDarlment of national effort beforel. ,r
Rodrrgo Duterte himself Health to set ;nd aDbrovp ing and after disasters. the
called on Congress to work the bed capaciw -arid ser- Ddpartment of Water Re
ActinA on Speaker Alan on these meaiures durins vlce capabiliry <if all DoH-
Peter Cayetanir's instruc- sources to avert water cd-
his lourth Srat€ of ihe Na: retained hosDitals in all sis, and other bills," said
tions, Romualdez. .hair- tion Address last luly," said parts of tlle c6untrv, ' said Romualdez.
man of the House iommit- Romualdez, oresident of Romualdez.
tee on rules, said the House
This year, Romualdez
the PhilippindConstirution "We hope to-vote\soon vowed to work harder for
aims to pass the thee mea- Association (Philconsa) for second readins aonrov-
suses creating the DFO, another House Represen-
and Lalas-Cluistian Musl aI of the proposeJ lir.i cre- tatives' rema:rkable'Derfor-
D14R" and DDR before the lim Democrats (CMD). atine the DeDartment of
next adioumfi entinMarch.
mance by approvini Pres-
Romualdez, a lawyer, Filipinos Overi'eas and For- ident Duterte's lecislative
"We aim to hit the said the House of Reirrc- eign E^mploFnent to keep agenda aimed at "maline
grornd running when se+ sentatives would vote' on an eye on the safety anil
sion resumes on Mondav the life of Filipinos morE
third and final reading oth- protection of overseais Fili-
oanuarv 20). Time to rof er vital measures tha-t the pinos, including seafarers Romualdez said lawrnak-
up our"sleeves once aqain House of ReDresentativ€s and househofd service
and work double time" on €rs are insliJed to oerform
has already ipproved on workers, Department of eler beter' and actbmplsh
morp after Speaker Cayetano on
Aoverrunent reorpanizr_ and means apDroved Dlir'R
ts(tr.d wrv mpress^
d very mprtrss^ e tXJ
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g:r_
tiot dnd
tion rnrl on .1i.,.,^Y
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(-enr,approvdt rdtlng last disdste; mrn_
^n '-._ that would erbure reliahte
De_ agemenLla:,t \ovembei i0 safe, quality ard affor.lahle
.emDer,[om 64 peKcnt last aFproueU the,uUsiiture
U]il water suDolv for .rll
:eptember and 7r' pr-rcenr <oisolida rl"g -ODn'rn"rl
E1]!t labng compJreJ to his sures " Befoie ihe Chrisrm:s
bz-perrunl in thelhird qudrFr On Norpmber break, Romualdez sai<l rhc
25.2010, House of Representatives
ruEe^Ar,D survey.
wedre cornrnifl€t dnd commillee on th; H;;;
the DD R h u rd led processed a iotal of 900
rnsprred to worl harder, meals chai.ea \advs and measures or an averase oF

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From Julv 22 to Driem-
"18, 20i9, Romuatdez
said the Hor:se of Reore-
sentatives received a fuLal
of 6562 measues and 18b
d;ftrp.g*** ffiffiffiHtr committee reoorts
Of these,'Romu.a tdez
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ne Hous€ cornml'ttees ind fughways and on ways
said 5f89 are bills and 673
are resolutionE,
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