The House of Representatives committee on appropriations decided last Thursday to cut the proposed 2025 Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget of P2.037 billion to only P733.198 millionThe cut, which is about P1.29 billion, was announced by Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo through a press conference. In my many years working in Congress, if memory serves me right, this is only the second straight time a committee decision is announced through a presser, unlike previous decisions which are revealed via committee reports. By this sheer action alone, the House of Representatives is clearly engaged in politicking, as mentioned by Vice President Inday Sara Duterte during her presentation of the OVP budget in the Lower House.