JDV extols the late Senator Maceda

          "The great years of  Senate- House of Representatives cooperation in the mid-1990s produce some of the 200 pieces of economic and social legislation in the Fidel Ramos presidency.

          Senate President Ernesto Maceda and I as Speaker of the House worked relentlessly  to advance the causes of the nation.  The Filipino people will miss him".

- June 20 Statement of former Speaker Jose de Venecia, who served almost five terms as Speaker of the House, from New York on his way to Mexico City on a speaking engagement.  Speaker de Venecia has been known for his moniker' JDV.

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