00:00Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chair, on the part of the Senate, I move that the bicameral conference
00:15committee authorize the chairpersons of the House Committee on Appropriations and the
00:19Senate Committee on Finance to confer on, discuss and reconcile the relevant general
00:25and special provisions, and that the resulting reconciled provisions be submitted to the
00:31members of the bicameral conference committee for their review and approval.
00:36On the part of the Senate, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
00:41Madam Chair.
00:44Yes, Representative Abbott Garcia.
00:46On the part of the House of Representatives, I move that the bicameral conference committee
00:51authorize the chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriation and the Senate Committee on
01:00Finance to confer on, discuss and reconcile the relevant general and special provisions,
01:08and that the resulting reconciled provisions be submitted to the members of the bicameral
01:15conference committee for their review and approval.
01:21On the part of the House, any second?
01:25Second.
01:26Second.
01:26On the part of the House panel, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
01:32Mr. Chair.
01:36Yes, Senator Irwin.
01:37On the part of the Senate, I move to direct the technical staff of the House Committee on
01:42Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to work jointly for the purpose of setting forth
01:48in writing the reconciled appropriations based on the deliberations of this bicameral conference
01:53committee and to submit the same to the members of the bicameral conference committee for their
01:59review and approval.
02:01On the part of the Senate, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
02:05Second.
02:06Madam Chair.
02:08Yes, Representative Christine Singson-Mihon.
02:11On the part of the House of Representatives, I move to direct the technical staff of the House
02:16Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to work jointly for the
02:20purpose of setting forth in writing the reconciled appropriations based on the deliberations of
02:26this bicameral conference committee and to submit the same to the members of the bicameral
02:31conference committee for their review and approval.
02:34Any second?
02:35Second.
02:36On the part of the House panel, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
02:40And finally, Mr. Chairman, on the part of the Senate, I further move that the technical
02:48staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance be authorized
02:53to effect typographical, grammatical, and printing corrections, as well as necessary editorial
02:59and consequential adjustments arising from the reconciled provisions, such as performance
03:05indicators and section numbers of the general and special provisions.
03:09So move.
03:10On the part of the Senate, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
03:16Madam Chair.
03:18Yes, Representative Albert Garcia.
03:20On the part of the House of Representatives, I further move that the technical staff of the
03:25House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance be authorized to effect
03:30typographical, grammatical, and printing corrections, as well as necessary editorial and consequential
03:37adjustments arising from the reconciled provisions arising from the reconciled provisions, such
03:43as performance indicators and section numbers of the general and special provisions.
03:50I so move, Madam Chair.
03:51Any second?
03:52Second.
03:53On the part of the House, there being no objection, the motion is approved.
03:58All right.
04:01So with that, maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat.
04:06Finally, we have conducted, we have concluded our Bicameral Conference Committee meeting.
04:15Finally, we have reconciled the disagreeing provisions.
04:18And finally, we have a budget that we can be proud of and responsive to the Filipino people.
04:26Nag-umpisa tayo, medyo intense, medyo kinakabahan, pero ako ay kampante na itong budget na ito ay
04:37tunay na tutugon sa mga pangangailangan po ng ating mga kababayan.
04:40At ang higit sa lahat, itong budget na ito ay corruption-free.
04:46At higit sa lahat, wala nung overpriced.
04:49At higit sa lahat, ito po ang budget na magiging, nasasabi ko, standard for transparency.
04:57Lalong-lalo na marami po tayong inilagay doon na magiging available sa ating mga kababayan.
05:06So maraming maraming salamat, Sir Mika Sonfeng.
05:08Thank you very much, Senawin, and to our distinguished Senators, of course, to my colleagues in the House panel.
05:18Ito na po ay isang, muli, ito po ay isang napakasaysayang araw para sa ating bansa.
05:24Sa unang pagkakataon po, ito ang pinakaunang livestream ng bicameral Conference Committee proceedings.
05:31Ito po ang ating paninindigan na totoo yung sinasabi ng Kongreso at ng Senado na gusto na po namin buksan yung tabbing sa usapin ng budget.
05:44And I hope now that our kababayans were able to see firsthand kung gaano po namin pinaghirapan yung pagbuo ng budget na ito.
05:54Officially, our bicam has run for six days.
05:58We started last December 13th, and now it is 2.20 in the morning on December 18th.
06:06So, ganito po talaga kangaba yung diskusyon kapag talagang gusto natin nasiguraduhin na tulad na sinabi ni Chairman Wind,
06:17na gusto natin na malinis, transparent yung ating budget na ito po ay talagang tumutugon sa pangangailangan na ating mga kababayan.
06:28At talagang isa po itong budget na mapagkakatiwalaan ng bawat Pilipino.
06:36Again, thank you to everyone.
06:39Thank you to the technical staff.
06:40Thank you to the Secretariat and the Page, our friends in the media who have stayed with us until the wee hours of the morning for six days.
06:51Muli, maraming maraming salamat po to everyone here today.
06:56This is an achievement for the country.
06:58Maraming maraming salamat po.
07:00Nagpapasalamat po ako kay Senator Aimee, kay Senator Irwin, kay Senator Loren, kay Senator Kiko, kahit na medyo senior.
07:10Wala akong sinasabi kung sino, but hanggang 2 a.m. nandito sila kasama natin.
07:16I would also like to say thank you, of course, to Congressman J.J. Romualdo, Congressman Javi Benitez, Congressman Brian Yamsuan,
07:22Congressman Pepito Alvarez, Congressman Albert Garcia, Congressman Christine Singson Mian, Congressman Maricar Zamora, Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, Congressman Marcelino Libanan, and Congressman Alan T.
07:38Maraming maraming salamat po.
07:40On the part of the Senate, this bicameral conference committee meeting is hereby adjourned.
07:45On the part of the House, this bicameral conference committee hearing is hereby adjourned.
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