THE PHILIPPINE STAR
WEDNESDAY I JULY 17' 2OI9
Lawmaker files 101
Housebills in a week
with bills filed"
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Rep. Michael Romero
of the 1-Pacrnan PartY-
list his clearlY laid out
a leqislative agenda
in th'e 18th Congress
which indude solutions
to poverty and sPecific
reforms in sPorts, the
economv, telecomms,
inf ormation tedmologY'
and health services.
ln the 17th Congress,
Romero said he filed
the most number of
* '-nomero.
measures with about
500 House bills and resolutions'
"Twenty-si;x of mY House bills
*.." rna'de into law. Thai is
sliehtlv more than 10 Percent of
totil billr thutb""ame 250 new Re-
public Acts in the 17th Congress,"
Rornero said.
Some of Romero's notable bills
that became laws are the Rige Tarif-
fication Act, the New Bangko Sen-
tral ne Pilioinas Ac! the Tax Am-
nesw"Law, the PhiliPPine SPorts
Traiirine Center Act, Universal
Health dare Act and the Pantawid
Pamilvans PiljPino (4Ps) Act'
AnionI the' anti-PovertY bi)ls,
Romero has sPecific measures
on Beneric medicin", uncondi-
u pAQa -
tional cash transfers,
food saJew, consumer
rishts, urban housin&
sdcialized housing,
community mortgage, .
farm mechanization
and farms financing.
On telecomms and
inf ormation te ch,
Rotnero's bi11s tackled
broadband services,
data orivacY, call cen-
ter .#prkfoice rights,
social media legula-
tion and telecomms
sector re{orms, among
others.
He contini.res to Push for a
DeDartment of SPorts, imProved
fundine for the PhiJippine Sports
Commission, creatjon of a medical
tourism authority, imProvements
in the National Youth Commis-
sion and promotions for alhletes in
militarv service who earn Podium
medals in international sPorts
comDetitions.
"i1'rough these bills, we wish
to upljft lives and IaY out re{orms
that'are advantageous to ordinary
Filioinos," Romero said.
Rn-"to is Presid enf of the
54-member Pa'rrY - tist Coa lilion
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