Let the sacrifices of our heroes serve as an example and inspire us to come together, and teach us that our personal interests and well-being should … - Francis Escudero

Besides, Mr. President, distinguish colleagues, he has twenty years experience of being number two already, as he reportedly plays number two in matriarchal household with his wife.

It is, Mr. President, what propriety requires; it is, I believe, what our people expect from us all: delicadeza.

It is saddening because our SSS pensioners have waited long enough for this measure. There is no better time than now to have the SSS pension hike bill enacted into law, and I urge my colleagues in the Senate and members of the House of Representatives to do the right thing and vote to override the President’s ill-advised veto of this bill. We need to muster the two-thirds majority vote to override the veto. It may be difficult but we will try for the sake of our SSS pensioners.