Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (3rd right) delivers his message at the start of the bicameral conference committee meeting on the conflicting provisions of the proposed 2025 national budget at Sheraton Manila Hotel in Pasay City Thursday (Nov. 28, 2024). “We don’t need to overcomplicate this. Let’s focus on what will make the biggest difference for the Filipino people,” the Speaker said. Also in the photo are (from left) Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, Deputy Speaker David “Jay-jay” Suarez, House Committee on Appropriation chairman Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., Marikina Rep. Estella Luz Quimbo, Senator Grace Poe, Senate President Chiz Escudero and Senator Jinggoy Estrada.
