ALL laws, programs, and agencies of the government should be subject to periodic congressional review to ensure that their existence, effectiveness, and operating costs are justifiable.
Toward this end, Solid North party-list Rep. Ching Bernos and Abra Rep. Joseph Bernos filed a bill prescribing an automatic sunset review of all laws creating regulatory regimes or government programs funded through the General Appropriations Act, and government agencies created by statutes.
“Government operates on limited resources, therefore it is only proper that we constantly review how the funds we pour towards implementing our statutes are being spent,” Ching Bernos said.
She said House Bill 7467 or the Sunset Review bill aims to promote accountability, fiscal responsibility, and evidence-based governance “so we can ensure that our laws and agencies do what they are meant to do, and discard them when they are no longer up for the job or have been rendered unfit for the times.”
