Senate to cut funding for oversight panels

The Senate will cut down funding for bloated oversight committees as a short-term solution while they file bills to remove redundant panels created by law. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said the Senate is discussing funding only 20 or 24 out of 35 oversight committees, which have been criticized for duplicating the work of the regular or permanent committees and for being outdated. Oversight committees are ad hoc panels created by law or Senate resolution to monitor the implementation of specific laws. While they are supposed to be temporary, the Senate extended the lives of many panels and raised their number and budget over the years.

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