To help the rural poor become economically productive, two partylist lawmakers have filed a measure seeking to provide temporary employment to qualified heads of families and single adults in impoverished households. 

Partylist lawmakers Mariano Piamonte and Julieta Cortuna have filed a measure requiring the installation of solar panels in public schools without electricity to improve the access to quality education of students in isolated and far-flung areas of the country. 

In a bid to encourage budget austerity and flexibility, Valenzuela City Representative Magtanggol Gunigundo is pushing for the passage of a law that would allow local government units (LGUs) and national government agencies to make use of their savings for unprogrammed capital outlay projects. 

Palawan Representative Frederick Abueg of the National Unity Party (NUP) is pushing for an increase in the discount on sales and services  given to senior citizens from the current 20% to 30 %  to help the country’s elderly cope with rising living costs.

A ranking National Unity Party (NUP) official has thrown his support behind the proposal of Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to create a new public accounts and audit committee in the House of Representatives whose primary task is to monitor and oversee the disbursement of public funds.