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Francis Escudero: Citations en anglais

“As a father, I will work hard to ensure that I teach them the right values in life and with the RH Bill, to arm them with knowledge so they can ably decide for themselves.”

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The Philippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/325857/senate-passes-rh-bill
2012

“It’s a step backwards after having fully automated elections previously. Returning to manual elections is a cause for serious concern due to its dangerous implications on the country’s electoral process.”

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Journal http://www.journal.com.ph/news/top-stories/comelec-asked-to-step-up-listing-of-voters
2015

“• Amendment in the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund and the Pension and Gratuity Fund, requiring the DBM to submit, within the first quarter, to Congress the amounts allocated to the Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch, Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman, and that in no case shall releases to the said offices exceed the amount submitted to Congress also for purposes of utilizing these as savings to augment the budget of these constitutional offices;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“It has been said Mr. President, that while we can only read the prose in the laws we pass, he sees numbers in them, and imagine them in digits.”

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2013, Speech: Nomination of Senator Ralph Recto as Senate Pro Tempore

“Like billions of Catholics around the world, I greet Pope Francis’ election with a great measure of hope and optimism because it signals a fresh start. For many Catholics, this beacon of hope and optimism could very well rekindle a faith scarred by scandals and controversies.”

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Zambo Times http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/62673-Binay,-senatorial-bets-join-Catholic-faithful-in-welcoming-election-of-Pope-Francis.html
2013, Mid-Term Campaign Trail

“The issue of prisoner swap is highly emotional and delicate. We have to carefully tread within the ambit of a particular country’s laws, which we would also like other countries to respect ours. But as a government, it behooves us to do everything within our capacity to give our people what the government should – to protect its people in and out of the country.”

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Zamboanga Today http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3233:dfa-sets-prisoner-swap-talks-with-china&catid=26:inside-stories&Itemid=182
2011

“Third. The funding of projects, activities, and programs that were not covered by any appropriation in the GAA. The law prohibits, according to the court, the augmentation of a non-existent program, activity, or project with an appropriation in terms of specific allotment classes, either Personal Services, Maintenance and other Operating Expenses, and/or Capital Outlays within the subject GAA.”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“The government has to be proactive and prepare for the worst-case scenario. Our farmers have to be given all kinds of assistance to make up for the projected crop losses because of the drying up of farmlands. Our farmers are going to need all the help they can get in the coming months, and national agencies should be ready to work with local governments to pull our farmers through this difficult season.”

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The Philippine Star http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/08/17/1488983/government-urged-help-farmers-affected-el-nino
2015

“The agreement signed by the GRP and the MILF did NOT CHANGE our laws. Terrorists are still terrorists. Law enforcement operations are still law enforcement operations. It is still illegal to shoot a policeman especially if he is unarmed. Nothing has changed, in so far as our laws are concerned. On Mr. Iqbal's comments, I think it is part of their hard ball. They have been calling the shots from day one and our negotiators probably have been infected by Stockholm Syndrome taking the side of the MILF, instead of our side. From my point of view, both the OPAPP and the GRP and the MILF should WIN THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE first before winning the trust of each other. If they do not have the trust of the majority of Filipinos, any agreement they sign will simply be unacceptable.”

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Escudero, F. [Francis]. (2015, March 16). Retrieved from Official Facebook Page of Francis Escudero https://www.facebook.com/senchizescudero/posts/10153138861210610/
2015, Facebook

“I am hoping that President Aquino will be able to sign the Senate Bill 2834 or PAGASA Modernization Bill into law within the year to give long-overdue upgrades to the weather bureau’s equipment, staff pay, research capabilities and communication reach. The bill also aims to arrest the brain-drain problem in the agency by increasing the basic pay, allowances and other benefits of its workers.”

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Escudero, F. [Francis]. (2015, July 3). Retrieved from Official Facebook Page of Francis Escudero https://www.facebook.com/senchizescudero/posts/10153401664525610/
2015, Facebook

“This is not the first attempt to pass a right-of-reply bill in the Senate. A similar bill was filed in the pre-martial law chamber but did not prosper.”

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2009, Statement: I Stand by the Side of Freedom

“b) Non-commencement of the P/A/P or the inability of the agency to obligate a released appropriation within the first semester of the year;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“In California, the entire net income of its grant California Lotto has been exclusively earmarked for its schools.”

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2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

“• Increase of P500 million for the Quick Response Fund of the Department of Health;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“• Increase of P108.907 million for Jail Facilities under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology to be sourced from the cut in Monitoring and Evaluation Cost of PAMANA and the Grassroots Participatory Program of the DILG-OSEC;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“These are our six priority areas. But I should add the Environment and Tourism.”

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2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

“b) all legal provisions of past and present Congressional Pork Barrel Laws, such as the previous PDAF and CDF Articles and the various Congressional Insertions which authorize/d legislators – whether individually or collectively organized into committees – to intervene, assume or participate in any of the various post-enactment stages of the budget execution, such as but not limited to the areas of project identification, modification and revision of project identification, fund release and/or fund realignment, unrelated to the power of congressional oversight;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“• A new General Provision on Reportorial Requirements stating that such shall be posted in the website of agencies for at least three (3) years;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“• A new Special Provision under the Unprogrammed Fund providing appropriation cover for the release of funds previously deposited in the Bureau of Treasury for the Implementation of Remedies, including safeguard measures pursuant to R. A. No. 8800, the Safeguard Measures Act of 2000.”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“Through three terms in the Lower House and two terms here, Mr. President, he has earned the reputation as a lawmaker with a head for numbers, and an eye for figures – whether tax, budgetary, and perhaps in a previous lifetime, of the female kind.”

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2013, Speech: Nomination of Senator Ralph Recto as Senate Pro Tempore

“I deplore the decision of the junta in Myanmar to continue the illegal house arrest of Nobel peace prize laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.”

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2009, Statement: on the latest conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi

“• Detailed listing of the Farm-to-market road projects under the Department of Agriculture is now found in Volume II-A of the GAA. This is used to be a lump sum appropriation Mr. President both under the NEP and the GAB;”

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2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget

“Our party should be the Filipino people. And we should be loyal not only to liberals, nationalists, or other party members, but to every Filipino.”

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Avendano, Christine O. "'We're running under Partido Pilipinas", Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 September 2015, p. A15.
2015

“We sign a contract for a North Rail that cost $17 million per kilometer while the equivalent cost in Shanghai is $7M.”

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2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

“I write to tender my irrevocable resignation as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Finance and as co-chairman of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures, effective immediately.”

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2015, Letter to Senate President Franklin Drilon

“Again, good morning, thank you, and long live the Filipino people!”

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Manila Bulletin http://www.mb.com.ph/full-text-escudero-declares-vice-presidential-bid-for-2016/
2015, Speech: Declaration as Vice Presidential Candidate

“Thank you, Mr. President and thank you distinguished colleagues. We ask earnestly for your help in the timely passage of the 2015 National Budget. At this junction, Mr. President, may I ask that we recognize Senate President Pro-Tempore Recto.”

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Sponsorship Speech on the FY 2015 National Budget http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2014/1118_escudero3.asp
2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget