Manila, June 12 -- Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday night said the House of Representatives "worked hard and made change real," crafting and passing legislation that improved people's lives.

"We chose purpose over politics. Service over self. And action over excuses," Romualdez told his colleagues in remarks before adjourning the final session of the 19th Congress.

He reported that from July 2022 to June 10, 2025, House members filed 11,557 bills and 2,393 resolutions, passed 1,565 measures, enacted 287 national and local laws, and processed an average of 29 measures per day in 188 session days.

"But let me be clear: this is not about volume. This is about value. Ang tanong: may silbi ba sa tao (The question is: do these...