Miriam Defensor-Santiago Leads the List of Senators Who Filed Bills – Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago hits the number one spot on the list of senators who filed the most number of legislations in the Senate.
The senate legislative bills and index service presents a document indicating that Santiago has topped the 23 incumbent senators with 882 measures (758 bills and 124 resolutions) filed in the 15th Congress.
According to a statement released by Senator Santiago, she worked her ass off in filing the bills because she wants to send he message that the main task of the Senate is legislation and not criminal investigation. She added: “A public hearing on a controversial issue generates a lot of publicity, but usually the result is merely a recommendation o the Ombudsman. By contrast, internet search is very quiet and solitary, but one bill could make a difference in the lives of people.”
The senate’s version of the Reproductive Health Bill, Senate Bill 2378 or “An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health and Population and Development” was filed by Santiago in the 15th Congress and it is considered as one of the most controversial measures the Senator has filed.
Here is the list of the senators who filed most of the bills:
1. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago – 882 files measures (758 bills and 124 resolutions)
2. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada – 581 files measures (553 bills, 27 resolutions)
3. Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. – 539 files measures (395bills, 144 resolutions)
4. Antonio Trillanes IV – 304 files measures (292 bills, 12 resolutions)
5. Lito Lapid – 239 files measures (179 bills, 60 resolutions)
6. Loren Legarda – 198 files measures ( 137 bills, 61 resolutions)
7. Francis Escudero – 154 files measures ( 128 bills, 26 resolutions)
8. Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. – 150 files measures (126 bills, 24 resolutions)
9. Edgardo Angara – 117 files measures ( 102 bills, 15 resolutions)
10. Juan Miguel Zubiri – 90 files measures (56 bills, 34 resolutions)
11. Ralph Recto — 88 files measures (50 bills, 38 resolutions)
12. Pia Cayetano – 74 files measures (48 bills, 25 resolutions)
13-14. Franklin Drilon — 45 files measures (23 bills, 22 resolutions) and Vicente Sotto III — 45 files measures (10 bills, 35 resolutions)
15 Francis Pangilinan — 43 files measures (15 bills, 28 resolutions)
16-17. Juan Ponce Enrile — 40 files measures (18 bills, 22 resolutions) and Teofisto Guingona III — 40 files measures (13 bills, 27 resolutions)
18 Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — 39 files measures (20 bills, 19 resolutions)
19. Gregorio Honasan II — 34 files measures (13 bills, 21 resolutions)
20. Sergio Osmena III — 33 files measures (14 bills, 19 resolutions)
21. Panfilo Lacson — 31 files measures (31 bills)
22. Alan Peter Cayetano — 20 files measures (7 bills, 13 resolutions)
23. Joker Arroyo — 17 files measures (17 resolutions)
