The House of Representatives elected new leaders to several key committees in a major move to strengthen legislative oversight, fiscal discipline, and coordination of the lower chamber’s proceedings in the 20th Congress under the leadership of Speaker Martin Romualdez.
Harvard-educated Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing was chosen to chair the Committee on Appropriations, one of the most influential panels in the House with jurisdiction over the national budget. Her leadership comes at a critical time, with the House set to begin deliberations once the Executive Branch submits the proposed 2026 national budget.
Suansing will be assisted by Bataan 2nd District Rep. Albert Garcia, who was elected senior vice chair.
The Quad Comm—composed of the Committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts—likewise plays a central role in major House investigations into illegal activities, human rights violations, and other serious threats to public safety and good governance.
Bukidnon 2nd District Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores was elected chair of the Committee on Dangerous Drugs, while Manila 2nd District Rep. Rolando Valeriano will now lead the Committee on Public Order and Safety.
Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. was retained as chair of the Committee on Human Rights. However, the House has yet to elect a new chair for the Committee on Public Accounts.
Davao de Oro 1st District Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora was elected chair of the Committee on Accounts.
The chamber also elected Marikina 2nd District Rep. Miro Quimbo as chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, which handles tax and revenue legislation, with Manila 1st District Rep. Ernesto Dionisio Jr. as senior vice chair.
Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua was retained as chair of the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, while Cagayan de Oro 1st District Rep. Lordan Suan now heads the Committee on Public Information.
To support Majority Leader and Rules Committee chair Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander Marcos, the House elected Iloilo 3rd District Rep. Lorenz Defensor as senior deputy majority leader.
The newly elected deputy majority leaders are the following:
- Rep. Julienne Baronda (Iloilo City, Lone District)
- Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas (Pangasinan, 6th District)
- Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Lanao del Sur, 1st District)
- Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas (Quezon City, 5th District)
- Rep. Ma. Alana Samantha Santos (Cotabato, 3rd District)
- Rep. Ernesto Dionisio Jr. (Manila, 1st District)
- Rep. Jeyzel Victoria Yu (Zamboanga del Sur, 2nd District)
- Rep. Arnan Panaligan (Oriental Mindoro, 1st District)
- Rep. Alyssa Michaela “Mica” Gonzales (Pampanga, 3rd District)
- Rep. Marie Bernadette Escudero (Sorsogon, 1st District)
- Rep. Ivan Howard Guintu (Capiz, 1st District)
- Rep. Wowo Fortes (Sorsogon, 2nd District)
- Rep. Adrian Jay Advincula (Cavite, 3rd District)
- Rep. Anna Victoria Veloso-Tuazon (Leyte, 3rd District)
- Rep. Crispin Diego Remulla (Cavite, 7th District)
- Rep. Vincenzo Renato Luigi Villafuerte (Camarines Sur, 2nd District)
- Rep. Jose Teves Jr. (TGP party-list)
- Rep. Munir Arbison Jr. (Kapuso PM party-list)
- Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez (1-Rider party-list)
Additionally, the new assistant majority leaders include:
- Rep. Bai Dimple Mastura (Maguindanao del Norte, Lone District)
- Rep. Rhea Mae Gullas (Cebu, 1st District)
- Rep. Daphne Lagon (Cebu, 6th District)
- Rep. Roberto Uy Jr. (Zamboanga del Norte, 1st District)
- Rep. Agatha Paula Aguilar Cruz (Bulacan, 5th District)
- Rep. De Carlo Uy (Davao del Norte, 1st District)
- Rep. Leonel Ceniza (Davao de Oro, 2nd District),
- Rep. Ronald Singson (Ilocos Sur, 1st District)
- Rep. Mark Anthony Santos (Las Piñas City, Lone District),
- Rep. King Collantes (Batangas, 3rd District)
- Rep. Patricia Calderon (Cebu, 7th District)
- Rep. Juan Carlos Atayde (Quezon City, 1st District)
- Rep. Alexandria Gonzales (Mandaluyong City, Lone District)
- Rep. John Geesnell Yap II (Bohol, 1st District)
- Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga (Cavite, 4th District)
- Rep. Ralph Wendel Tulfo (Quezon City, 2nd District)
- Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu (Maguindanao del Sur, Lone District)
- Rep. Bella Vanessa Suansing (Sultan Kudarat, 2nd District)
- Rep. Javier Miguel Lopez Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District)
- Rep. Katrina Reiko Chua-Tai (Zamboanga City, 1st District)
- Rep. Jorge Daniel Bocobo (Taguig City, Lone District – 2nd Councilor District)
- Rep. Ryan Recto (Batangas, 6th District)
- Rep. James Ang (Uswag Ilonggo party-list)
- Rep. Brian Poe-Llamanzares (FPJ Panday Bayanihan party-list)
- Rep. Johanne Monich Bautista (Trabaho party-list).
