Mika Suansing is chairperson of House appropriations committee

Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing was elected the chairperson of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday night.

Suansing’s election happened after the House, in a plenary session, adopted the motion put forward by House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, the son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  

The President, in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, said that he would veto items in the General Appropriations Act in 2026 if they are found inconsistent with the National Expenditure Program submitted by the executive branch. 

Suansing, 33, earned her Master's Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University as a full scholar in 2021, and also served as the senior vice chairperson of the House Committee on Ways and Means during the 19th Congress.  

Other House members elected as chairpersons of influential House committees include: 

• Davao de Oro Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora - House Committee on Accounts
• Bukidnon Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores - House Committee on Dangerous Drugs
• Manila Rep. Joel Chua - House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability 
• Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Jr. - House Committee on Human Rights
• Cagayan de Oro Rep. Lordan Suan - House Committee on Public Information
• Manila Rep. Rolando Valeriano - House Committee on Public Order and Safety
• Marikina Rep. Romero Quimbo - the House Committee on Ways and Means 

–NB, GMA Integrated News