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Newly-installed Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian made this assurance on Thursday, June 18 as he welcomed the move of some members of the minority to reach out to the majority bloc during the Special Session on Wednesday.

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00:00Like ginawa ko kahapon, I reached out to all of the members, including the minority members on the floor.
00:08Kinausap ko si Senator Marco Leta, Senator Aimee Marcos, Senator Loren Lagarda, Senator Pia.
00:15We had a very long discussion.
00:18Si Senator Bongo, yesterday, kausap ko rin siya.
00:21And that's why nga na-elect siya kaagad as chairman of the Youth and Sports Committee.
00:28Because yun naman yung kanyang advocacy.
00:30So, yan naman ang gusto natin, makabalik sa trabaho.
00:36Even si Senator Joel yesterday, very clear naman yung kanyang direction is to go back to work.
00:42In fact, siya yung pinaka-productive yesterday on the floor.
00:46Sponsoring bills, sponsoring resolutions, and yan talaga ang trabaho namin.
00:52We have to go back to our normal programming.
00:54Do you plan to reach out to Senator?
00:56Yes, I plan to reach out to all.
00:58After I've talked to Senator Camille Villar yesterday, we talked also.
01:03Kaya rin na-appoint siya as chairman of the Government Corporations Committee,
01:07which is a very important committee dahil we're also looking at implementing the optimization bill
01:14and kasama doon ng GOCCs.
01:27You
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