THREAD: @iampinkywebb goes straight to #TheSource of the story — Senator @sonnyangara | LIVE bit.ly/3PaxBWk 
Senator Sonny Angara on bicam panel's swift approval of its version of 2023 budget: Parang iceberg kasi 'yan, you only see the tip. But behind the scenes there are hundreds of little conversations going on.
Sen. Angara: We reached a stalemate at some point. We don't want to delay the budget.
Congress restores the controversial ₱150-million confidential fund of DepEd in the proposed 2023 budget.
Sen. Angara: Funds can be used for anything related to safety and security.
Sen. Angara: Funds can be used for anything related to safety and security.
Sen. Angara: Confidential funds are reported quarterly to the President or the Senate
Sen. Angara: CIF reports closed to the public, but seen by COA
Sen. Angara says the Agriculture Department's budget is at least 30% higher than last year: A large amount is for food security
Sen. Angara: We asked some agencies to realign about ₱67 million of the budget
Sen. Angara: We trimmed some agency budgets that we found excessive
Sen. Angara: ₱2 billion allotted for Libreng Sakay program
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