Philippine Senate Committee on Economic Affairs

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Committee on Economic Affairs
19th Congress
Seal of the Senate of the Philippines
History
New session started
July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
Leadership
Chairman
Grace Poe, Independent
since 2022
Minority Leader
Structure
Seats9 members
Political groups
Majority (7)
  •   Nacionalista (2)
  •   NPC (2)
  •   LDP (1)
  •  
    Lakas
    (1)
  •  
    PDP–Laban
    (1)

Minority (2)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Economic Affairs is a

standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines
.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate,[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:

  • Economic planning and programming
  • Planning of domestic and foreign public indebtedness
  • General economic development
  • Coordination, regulation and diversification of industry and investments

Members, 18th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs has 9 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:[2]

Position Member Party
Chairperson Imee Marcos Nacionalista
Vice
Chairpersons
Sonny Angara LDP
Win Gatchalian NPC
Members
for the
Majority
Pia Cayetano Nacionalista
Lito Lapid NPC
Bong Revilla Lakas
Francis Tolentino
PDP–Laban
Members
for the
Minority
Francis Pangilinan Liberal
Risa Hontiveros
Akbayan

Committee secretary: Elizabeth F. Agas

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.