{ "hearing": { "hearing_id": 93, "title": "House Plenary: FY 2027 General Appropriations Bill Third Reading - October 12, 2026", "hearing_date": "2026-10-12", "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPOLCsZl2o" }, "digest_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/digests/h93/", "notice": "AI-assisted working draft. AI can make errors. Always verify consequential interpretations and wording against the cited transcript and official video.", "at_a_glance": [ { "label": "Third-reading result", "text": "The House approved H.B. 10858 on third reading. 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The address excerpt ends at 4:32:54 in the official video and does not cover his complete speech. Figures and allegations are attributed to their speakers; differing amounts are retained where the proceedings do not reconcile them.", "sections": [ { "key": "budget-summary", "label": "National budget outcome", "items": [ { "label": "Budget approved on third and final reading", "text": "The House approved House Bill No. 10858, the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill, on third and final reading. The corrected final tally was 282 affirmative votes, 13 negative votes and one abstention. 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Bag-ao criticized PHP 112 billion in unprogrammed appropriations, arguing that public funds should be definite and planned. 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He contrasted claimed shortages for hospitals, doctors, nurses, medicines and healthcare with PHP 48.2 billion for medical assistance (MAIFIP) or guarantee letters; the need for inspectors, better jobs and a stronger Department of Labor and Employment with PHP 19 billion for TUPAD; and the need to strengthen agriculture with PHP 10 billion for PAF assistance to farmers. \n\nHe also contrasted the lack of budget for older people and people with disabilities with PHP 56 billion for crisis assistance (AICS). 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Dy III said the House added PHP 500 million for the service contracting program and PHP 1 billion for fuel subsidies for public-utility drivers, operators, tricycle drivers, delivery drivers and other transport providers. 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Co argued that administrators repeatedly had to seek money for school facilities, staff salaries and benefits, and student space. She said 94 state universities and colleges had signed a Unity Statement seeking adequate education funding, but the House had not heard her proposed education increases despite disclosed cuts of billions of pesos to the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and others. \n\nAs examples, she cited the University of the Philippines Diliman faculty center, still under construction about ten years after a fire in April 2016, and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila main academic building's north wing, then in its fourth year of construction and at phase six. 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Tinio said the Department of Education (DepEd) total budget fell by PHP 6.17 billion, particularly for classrooms and computerization. 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Dy III said the House's 2027 budget included an additional PHP 10.6 billion for education programs supporting school safety, inclusive learning, academic recovery and tertiary access. 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Erice said he objected to the PHP 62 billion Local Government Support Fund, while agreeing that local governments should receive support. He opposed the breadth of executive discretion to choose recipients, set amounts, and decide when funds would be released. He called the arrangement a blank check, asked for clear scorecards and criteria that would direct funds to the poorest municipalities, and argued that the arrangement could be an improper delegation of legislative authority. 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Tinio said Congress added PHP 4 billion to the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF), which he characterized as part of a political reward-and-punishment system.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001400", "start_seconds": 15362.42, "clock": "04:16:02", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001400" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001401", "start_seconds": 15364.08, "clock": "04:16:04", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001401" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001403", "start_seconds": 15369.74, "clock": "04:16:09", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001403" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001404", "start_seconds": 15372.32, "clock": "04:16:12", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001404" } ] } ] }, { "key": "budget-foreign-assisted-projects", "label": "Foreign-assisted projects", "items": [ { "label": "Foreign-assisted projects and service reductions", "text": "Representative Leila M. de Lima said reallocations cut PHP 130 billion from foreign-assisted projects of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), DPWH and other agencies, and questioned how projects could proceed after their line items were removed while loan commitments remained. 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Tinio accused Congress of increasing the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) budget and inserting more than 6,212 projects into the National Expenditure Program (NEP), effectively rewriting the department’s budget. 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Dy III said the House added PHP 10 billion for presidential assistance to farmers and fisherfolk. He listed PHP 500 million for expanded fertilizer assistance, PHP 4.09 billion for irrigation nationwide, PHP 150 million for agricultural transport infrastructure, PHP 4.96 billion for farm-to-market roads, PHP 100 million for high-value crops, and PHP 331 million for climate-resilient farm productivity support. 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He also cited more than 818,000 families still undergoing Department of Social Welfare and Development validation for possible program entry, along with waitlisted families and people previously identified as poor in Listahanan but not yet matched in the monitoring data.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000338", "start_seconds": 12464.02, "clock": "03:27:44", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000338" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000360", "start_seconds": 12507.82, "clock": "03:28:27", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000360" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000364", "start_seconds": 12516.4, "clock": "03:28:36", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000364" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000365", "start_seconds": 12518.14, "clock": "03:28:38", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000365" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000367", "start_seconds": 12522.04, "clock": "03:28:42", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000367" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000369", "start_seconds": 12526.02, "clock": "03:28:46", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000369" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000375", "start_seconds": 12538.02, "clock": "03:28:58", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000375" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000376", "start_seconds": 12540.02, "clock": "03:29:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000376" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000387", "start_seconds": 12562.02, "clock": "03:29:22", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000387" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000388", "start_seconds": 12564.02, "clock": "03:29:24", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000388" } ] }, { "label": "Evidence for maintaining 4Ps", "text": "Citing a recent World Bank review, Abalos said 4Ps had reduced the national poverty rate by about 2.2 percentage points and that each additional 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) allocated to the program was associated with a 4.4-percentage-point drop in the poverty headcount. For each peso spent, he said, the program was nearly 200 times more effective at reducing poverty than value-added tax (VAT) exceptions and twice as effective as the social pension. He also cited reductions in poverty affecting 1.5 million Filipinos, 98% elementary enrollment among beneficiary families, and declines in severe stunting and child labor. On that basis, he said the data did not support reducing the program.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000395", "start_seconds": 12578.02, "clock": "03:29:38", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000395" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000403", "start_seconds": 12594.02, "clock": "03:29:54", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000403" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000404", "start_seconds": 12596.02, "clock": "03:29:56", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000404" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000406", "start_seconds": 12600.02, "clock": "03:30:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000406" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000408", "start_seconds": 12604.02, "clock": "03:30:04", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000408" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000409", "start_seconds": 12606.02, "clock": "03:30:06", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000409" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000411", "start_seconds": 12610.02, "clock": "03:30:10", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000411" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000412", "start_seconds": 12612.02, "clock": "03:30:12", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000412" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000415", "start_seconds": 12618.02, "clock": "03:30:18", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000415" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000416", "start_seconds": 12620.02, "clock": "03:30:20", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000416" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000423", "start_seconds": 12634.02, "clock": "03:30:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000423" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-arlene-kaka-j-bag-ao", "label": "Rep. Arlene \"Kaka\" J. Bag-ao", "items": [ { "label": "Public services and climate readiness", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nBag-ao voted no on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill, arguing that automatic debt payments were growing faster than funding for hospitals, schools, housing and other basic public services.\n\nShe warned that inadequate irrigation, water supply and direct support for farmers and fisherfolk left the budget poorly prepared for the drought she expected in 2027. Her no vote, she said, was a stand for farmers without irrigation, fisherfolk without a catch and ordinary Filipinos left behind in public services.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000435", "start_seconds": 12658.02, "clock": "03:30:58", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000435" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000436", "start_seconds": 12660.02, "clock": "03:31:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000436" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000446", "start_seconds": 12680.02, "clock": "03:31:20", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000446" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000460", "start_seconds": 12708.02, "clock": "03:31:48", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000460" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000466", "start_seconds": 12720.02, "clock": "03:32:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000466" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000496", "start_seconds": 12780.02, "clock": "03:33:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000496" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-percival-perci-cenda-a", "label": "Rep. Percival \"Perci\" Cendaña", "items": [ { "label": "Budget priorities and the no vote", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nCendaña described the budget as a compromise with broken commitments. He said it had the lowest unprogrammed appropriation in the past year, while the public remained unable to see how those funds would be used; although hearings were livestreamed, he argued that the public lacked genuine, meaningful participation. Saying the chamber had fallen short of its duty to fund essential services and improve ordinary Filipinos' lives, he concluded that Akbayan voted no on the 2027 budget.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000529", "start_seconds": 12846.02, "clock": "03:34:06", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000529" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000561", "start_seconds": 12910.02, "clock": "03:35:10", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000561" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000570", "start_seconds": 12928.02, "clock": "03:35:28", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000570" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000603", "start_seconds": 12994.02, "clock": "03:36:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000603" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000613", "start_seconds": 13014.02, "clock": "03:36:54", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000613" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-renee-louise-m-co", "label": "Rep. Renee Louise M. Co", "items": [ { "label": "Vote against the bill and call for higher education funding", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nCo said she voted no on House Bill No. 10858, the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill. She contrasted the education and social-service funding she said students and the public needed with what she called pork, corruption and fascism, and argued that the education budget should never fall and should only increase. She closed by standing with young people and students for funding for education and services.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000626", "start_seconds": 13040.02, "clock": "03:37:20", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000626" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000627", "start_seconds": 13042.02, "clock": "03:37:22", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000627" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000629", "start_seconds": 13046.02, "clock": "03:37:26", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000629" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000687", "start_seconds": 13162.02, "clock": "03:39:22", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000687" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000748", "start_seconds": 13284.02, "clock": "03:41:24", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000748" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000751", "start_seconds": 13290.02, "clock": "03:41:30", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000751" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000753", "start_seconds": 13294.02, "clock": "03:41:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000753" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-leila-m-de-lima", "label": "Rep. Leila M. de Lima", "items": [ { "label": "Public-service priorities and vote", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nDe Lima argued that patronage concerns both the amount and distribution of funds: where money goes, when it is given, who benefits and who decides. She opposed unprogrammed appropriations and said that although unprogrammed appropriations were not bloated this time, discretion had shifted to the LGSF. She argued that carving foreign-assisted projects out of the President’s expenditure and financing program left the General Appropriations Act mismatched with its financing plan. Calling the national budget a moral document and social contract, she said it was election-centered rather than people-centered, and that Mamamayang Liberal (ML) party-list voted no.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000787", "start_seconds": 13391.84, "clock": "03:43:11", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000787" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000790", "start_seconds": 13398.0, "clock": "03:43:18", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000790" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000805", "start_seconds": 13431.0, "clock": "03:43:51", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000805" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000809", "start_seconds": 13437.7, "clock": "03:43:57", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000809" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000834", "start_seconds": 13489.12, "clock": "03:44:49", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000834" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000841", "start_seconds": 13505.12, "clock": "03:45:05", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000841" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000849", "start_seconds": 13527.96, "clock": "03:45:27", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000849" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000859", "start_seconds": 13557.96, "clock": "03:45:57", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000859" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000861", "start_seconds": 13561.96, "clock": "03:46:01", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-000861" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-rachel-marguerite-b-del-mar", "label": "Rep. Rachel Marguerite B. Del Mar", "items": [ { "label": "Flood control needs and the no vote", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nDel Mar said her highly urbanized, flood-stricken district urgently needed drainage, flood-control infrastructure, improved waterways, and resilient public works. She argued that allocation decisions should account for population, infrastructure deficiencies, disaster vulnerability, and urgent public need. 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Sarah Jane I. Elago", "items": [ { "label": "Public services and Gabriela’s no vote", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nElago argued that aid was expanding in place of stronger public health care and job creation, while the budget favored large corporations and neglected local agriculture and micro, small and medium enterprises. She called for national industrialization, genuine agrarian reform and public services serving the majority. The Gabriela Women’s Party voted no on House Bill No. 10858.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001097", "start_seconds": 14055.96, "clock": "03:54:15", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001097" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001107", "start_seconds": 14075.96, "clock": "03:54:35", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001107" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001131", "start_seconds": 14123.96, "clock": "03:55:23", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001131" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001134", "start_seconds": 14129.96, "clock": "03:55:29", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001134" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001139", "start_seconds": 14139.96, "clock": "03:55:39", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001139" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001145", "start_seconds": 14151.96, "clock": "03:55:51", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001145" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-edgar-r-erice", "label": "Rep. Edgar R. Erice", "items": [ { "label": "No vote over allocation equity and budget priorities", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nErice said he voted no on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill because, in his view, budgeting followed political influence rather than need. Citing his preliminary review, he questioned whether large district allocations for political allies and legislators who supported impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte, alongside small allocations to some no-voting districts, reflected a system of political reward and punishment. He said he was not seeking special treatment for his district, but equal treatment for residents who benefit from public allocations.\n\nHe also said projects included in the National Expenditure Program that had been studied and processed were reduced or removed, then replaced by projects whose selection he said was unexplained; he warned that the original projects could be left without enough funding to be completed. He compared the pattern to practices in the 19th Congress. He criticized education restraint and zero allocation for zero billing in private hospitals. He questioned cuts to foreign-assisted and flagship projects and called the revenue projections unrealistic, asking how the projected increase was derived and calculated. He closed by saying he was not ashamed to vote no and would stand alone for what he believed was right.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001181", "start_seconds": 14223.96, "clock": "03:57:03", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001181" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001188", "start_seconds": 14238.0, "clock": "03:57:18", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001188" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001190", "start_seconds": 14250.56, "clock": "03:57:30", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001190" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001193", "start_seconds": 14268.0, "clock": "03:57:48", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001193" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001195", "start_seconds": 14280.12, "clock": "03:58:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001195" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001196", "start_seconds": 14287.42, "clock": "03:58:07", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001196" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001200", "start_seconds": 14314.12, "clock": "03:58:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001200" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001203", "start_seconds": 14327.12, "clock": "03:58:47", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001203" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001231", "start_seconds": 14458.12, "clock": "04:00:58", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001231" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001232", "start_seconds": 14460.12, "clock": "04:01:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001232" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001233", "start_seconds": 14463.12, "clock": "04:01:03", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001233" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001234", "start_seconds": 14466.31, "clock": "04:01:06", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001234" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001238", "start_seconds": 14482.26, "clock": "04:01:22", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001238" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001240", "start_seconds": 14498.88, "clock": "04:01:38", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001240" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-elijah-rumbaoa-san-fernando", "label": "Rep. Elijah Rumbaoa San Fernando", "items": [ { "label": "Transparency and budget deliberation", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nSan Fernando argued that a national budget sets priorities, addresses needs and should involve the public in deciding how public money is spent. He said reforms such as removing the small committee, consulting civil society and ordinary people, and livestreaming proceedings did not ensure transparency. He alleged that an executive session had already settled the decisions before the livestream, with no actual deliberation or report explaining additions and reductions, despite the House rules he cited requiring a report.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001243", "start_seconds": 14530.38, "clock": "04:02:10", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001243" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001244", "start_seconds": 14537.64, "clock": "04:02:17", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001244" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001250", "start_seconds": 14568.98, "clock": "04:02:48", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001250" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001253", "start_seconds": 14580.14, "clock": "04:03:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001253" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001255", "start_seconds": 14591.12, "clock": "04:03:11", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001255" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001261", "start_seconds": 14618.28, "clock": "04:03:38", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001261" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001263", "start_seconds": 14627.16, "clock": "04:03:47", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001263" } ] }, { "label": "Direct aid and lasting public services", "text": "San Fernando said he was not opposed to assistance, but argued that the government relied on aid instead of long-term solutions to the conditions that repeatedly leave people needing it. He rejected a system that makes citizens appear to beg for help or feel indebted to politicians for services they should receive. Speaking for workers and ordinary Filipinos, he registered a firm no vote.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001283", "start_seconds": 14707.6, "clock": "04:05:07", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001283" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001292", "start_seconds": 14740.6, "clock": "04:05:40", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001292" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001294", "start_seconds": 14751.6, "clock": "04:05:51", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001294" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001298", "start_seconds": 14768.6, "clock": "04:06:08", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001298" } ] } ] }, { "key": "rep-tobias-toby-m-tiangco", "label": "Rep. Tobias \"Toby\" M. Tiangco", "items": [ { "label": "House budget deliberation", "text": "Vote: No on the FY2027 General Appropriations Bill.\n\nTiangco argued that the House budget did not follow the committee deliberation procedures he said the Constitution requires for congressional appropriations, because it went directly to the plenary. He criticized a same-day early-morning email announcing a 10 a.m. hearing and said his request to reopen deliberations was denied, although he said reopening had been allowed for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). He called this a double standard, saying the House should meet the transparency and accountability standards it demands of other agencies.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001304", "start_seconds": 14790.6, "clock": "04:06:30", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001304" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001305", "start_seconds": 14792.6, "clock": "04:06:32", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001305" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001309", "start_seconds": 14814.6, "clock": "04:06:54", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001309" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001312", "start_seconds": 14831.6, "clock": "04:07:11", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001312" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001314", "start_seconds": 14848.82, "clock": "04:07:28", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001314" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001316", "start_seconds": 14853.62, "clock": "04:07:33", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001316" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001319", "start_seconds": 14867.6, "clock": "04:07:47", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001319" } ] }, { "label": "Rejected disclosure proposals and vote", "text": "During individual amendments, Tiangco proposed publishing House budget utilization, including amounts allocated, paid or spent for each House member, and publishing Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects by congressional district, including projects requested or proposed by district members and party-list representatives. He said both amendments were rejected. He argued that transparency should be an obligation for officials entrusted with public funds, and that the public should be able to distinguish legitimate expenses from expenses warranting questions. 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He included what he called Pax Silica of the United States and Israel among those interests, and rejected the bill and the pork-barrel system.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001370", "start_seconds": 15126.22, "clock": "04:12:06", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001370" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001374", "start_seconds": 15138.0, "clock": "04:12:18", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001374" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001375", "start_seconds": 15152.46, "clock": "04:12:32", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001375" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001378", "start_seconds": 15182.46, "clock": "04:13:02", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001378" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001379", "start_seconds": 15190.44, "clock": "04:13:10", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001379" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001428", "start_seconds": 15418.24, "clock": "04:16:58", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001428" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001435", "start_seconds": 15432.4, "clock": "04:17:12", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001435" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001437", "start_seconds": 15436.06, "clock": "04:17:16", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001437" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001440", "start_seconds": 15441.98, "clock": "04:17:21", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001440" } ] } ] }, { "key": "proc-final-budget-vote-and-senate-transmission", "label": "Final budget vote and Senate transmission", "items": [ { "label": "Final budget vote and Senate transmission", "text": "Deputy Speaker Yasser Alonto Balindong reported the corrected final third-reading result for House Bill No. 10858: 282 affirmative votes instead of 281, with 13 negative votes and one abstention. He directed that the corrected results be entered in the record.\n\nAfter Representative Alyssa Michaela \"Mica\" M. Gonzales moved to transmit the bills approved on third reading to the Senate and no objection was heard, the Deputy Speaker directed the Secretary-General to transmit them immediately.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001511", "start_seconds": 15584.24, "clock": "04:19:44", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001511" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001513", "start_seconds": 15588.24, "clock": "04:19:48", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001513" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001514", "start_seconds": 15590.24, "clock": "04:19:50", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001514" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001516", "start_seconds": 15594.24, "clock": "04:19:54", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001516" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001517", "start_seconds": 15596.24, "clock": "04:19:56", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001517" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001519", "start_seconds": 15603.14, "clock": "04:20:03", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001519" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001521", "start_seconds": 15612.04, "clock": "04:20:12", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001521" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001522", "start_seconds": 15613.9, "clock": "04:20:13", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/93/#asr-001522" } ] } ] }, { "key": "proc-speaker-s-budget-and-legislative-address", "label": "Speaker's budget and legislative address", "items": [ { "label": "Transparency, accountability and public priorities", "text": "In opening remarks, Speaker Faustino \"Bojie\" G. 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