“Besides, Mr. President, distinguish colleagues, he has twenty years experience of being number two already, as he reportedly plays number two in matriarchal household with his wife.”

—  Francis Escudero

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

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