Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Friday, December 27 expressed pride on the way the Upper Chamber has become of the most productive in history with a total of 72 bills already signed into law, halfway through the Third Regular Session of the 19“We maximized each session day and leveraged every hour, minute and second on the Senate floor. We passed 108 bills in total.
“Indeed, in the past year we weathered typhoons, braved stormy public opinion and navigated choppy political waters. We overcame these challenges because our 23 senators, strengthened by diversity, sharing a common vision and united in purpose, are more than the sum of its parts,” he said.During the First Regular Session, from July 25, 2022 to June 2, 2024, a total of 19 laws were enacted, including the bills approved during the latter part of the 18th Congress.
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