“Maybe at least for 2021, let us give utmost priority to the budgets of the DOH and DSWD... Let us give priority to our social service sector in order to address the pandemic.”
Angara pushes for the holding of early voting for close to 10 million senior citizens and PWDs to ensure greater participation in the electoral process and to reduce the risks on their health due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Sa tulong ng Bayanihan 2, mapapaigting natin ang modernisasyon ng ating mga paaralan, maaabot natin ang mas maraming mag-aaral, at maipagpapatuloy natin ang edukasyon sa ligtas na paraan."
"We're racing against time. If we fail to act now, we could be experiencing anew a debilitating rotational brownout by 2024 once our power supply from the Malampaya gas field is depleted."
"'Pag mas marami ang tanim, mas mababa ang presyo. Pero volume na yon. At kapag mas mababa ang presyo sa retail, may food for everybody. Food secure na 'yon."
"The promise of the law is to provide reasonable prices, encourage competition and investments. The cut-throat competition among oil companies leading to lower prices, which was envisioned when RA 8479 was enacted, is simply not happening."
“The way I see it, the proposed 2021 budget basically leaves the poor to fend for themselves. If we do not increase the allocation for the social services sector, then poverty could be even worse next year."