00:00 The head of the House Committee on Appropriations does not want to know if there are government agencies that will be reduced or added funds for the next year.
00:09 Today, the Executive Meeting of the House Panel is already waiting for the proposed 2024 budget.
00:16 Mela Lesmora with the report.
00:20 One of the highlights of the House Committee on Appropriations is their committee report on the proposed 2024 national budget and the schedule of their plenary debates.
00:32 This is the result of the announcement of Appropriations Chair Elizalde Co. yesterday that their budget briefings have been successfully completed.
00:41 In an announcement, the head of the Appropriations Panel thanked all of their colleagues who worked hard to pass the budget proposal to the committee level.
00:53 He hopes that the people of the country will be able to see this proposed law in action to further promote the country and ensure the well-being of every Filipino.
01:05 According to Appropriations Senior Vice Chair Stella Quimbo, their next steps are already on schedule and they are on target with their planned budget.
01:14 We will have an execom on Thursday. The schedule will be approved and hopefully committee report.
01:25 We started on August 10 and thank God we finished on time. We are hoping that the plenary debate will start on September 19 and hopefully we will finish on September 27.
01:41 That is our schedule.
01:43 The congressman also said that House Speaker Martin Romualdez is still waiting for the next steps.
01:51 First of all, we need to finish on time. That's really number one. We don't want to delay. The most important thing that we don't want to happen is the reenactment of the budget.
02:02 Number two, we need scrutiny. That's very important.
02:07 In the plenary debate of the budget proposal next week, are congressmen seeing agencies that will reduce or add funds?
02:17 It's hard to speak at this point. Of course, agencies might be affected. At the same time, there are plenary debates.
02:30 Let's not judge at this point in time because the delay is really going to happen in the plenary debates.
02:40 Mela Las Moras for the Morning Show of the Philippine nation, Rise and Shine Philippines.
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