The House of Representatives is set to approve the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget on third and final reading today, Sept. 25.
Over the weekend, Speaker Martin Romualdez said the House is adhering to its plenary deliberation-approval timeline “because we are treating the national spending program with urgency without sacrificing transparency.”
Approving the outlay before Congress goes on recess next weekend would give the Senate enough time for its own debate-passage process, according to Romualdez.
“We have sufficient time to finally agree on the budget before yearend. It is the most important piece of legislation Congress passes every year,” he said.
“Next year’s spending legislation will serve as our tool for sustained economic development. It will support the Agenda for Prosperity programs of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
Romualdez said the budget would also “serve as an instrument for the government to spread the dividends of economic progress through various social protection and financial assistance initiatives, and funding for infrastructures like roads, hospitals, classrooms, seaports and airports, irrigation systems, and transportation networks.”
The congressman from Leyte earlier thanked the Committee on Appropriations led by its chairman, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, and senior vice chairperson Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo for sheperding the 2025 spending bill on time.IMT
