THE Senate and the House of Representatives have started coordinating their legislative priorities in preparation for the third and final regular session of the 19th Congress.
In a media interview in San Mateo, Rizal on Tuesday, Speaker Martin Romualdez said he initially discussed their common legislative agenda with newly installed Senate President (SP) Francis Escudero on Monday in Malacañang during the signing of the law increasing the teaching supply allowance of public school teachers.
“Nag-agree kami ni Senate President that even before the LEDAC (Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council) na sa third week ng buwan na ‘to, mag-usap kami,” he said.
He said House Majority Leader Jose Manuel Dalipe and his Senate counterpart, Senator Francis Tolentino, have their coordination.
They agreed to outline their priority legislation.
Romualdez said Escudero and the other new leaders of the Senate are aware that the House had already passed all the priority measures of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
The third regular session of Congress will open on July 22, also the third State of the Nation Address of the President. (PNA)
