Philippine House Committee on Economic Affairs

The Philippine House Committee on Economic Affairs, or House Economic Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Committee on Economic Affairs
20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Antonio Legarda Jr., NPC since July 30, 2025 (2025-07-30)
Minority Leader	Vacant since June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)
Website
Committee on Economic Affairs

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the economic development planning and programs which includes the following:^[1]

• Development policies and strategies
• Economic and socio-economic studies

Members, 20th Congress

Position	Member	Constituency	Party
Chairperson	Antonio Legarda Jr.	Antique at-large		NPC
Vice Chairpersons	Vacant
Members for the Majority
Members for the Minority

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Teodorico Haresco Jr.	Nacionalista	Aklan	2nd
Vice Chairpersons		Horacio Suansing Jr.	NUP	Sultan Kudarat	2nd
		Junie Cua	PDP–Laban	Quirino	Lone
		Joey Salceda	PDP–Laban	Albay	2nd
		Amihilda Sangcopan	Anak Mindanao	Party-list
Members for the Majority		Edward Maceda	PMP	Manila	4th
		Ronnie Ong	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
		Jericho Jonas Nograles	PBA	Party-list
		Kristine Singson-Meehan	Bileg Ti Ilokano	Ilocos Sur	2nd
		Estrellita Suansing	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	1st
		Braeden John Biron	Nacionalista	Iloilo	4th
		Jose Francisco Benitez	PDP–Laban	Negros Occidental	3rd
		Michael Gorriceta	Nacionalista	Iloilo	2nd
		Alyssa Sheena Tan	PFP	Isabela	4th
		Antonio Albano	NUP	Isabela	1st
		Lucy Torres-Gomez	PDP–Laban	Leyte	4th
		Erico Aristotle Aumentado	NPC	Bohol	2nd
		Rozzano Rufino Biazon	PDP–Laban	Muntinlupa	Lone
		Lorenz Defensor	PDP–Laban	Iloilo	3rd
		Jose Enrique Garcia III	NUP	Bataan	2nd
		Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
		Manuel Zubiri	Bukidnon Paglaum	Bukidnon	3rd
		Michael Edgar Aglipay	DIWA	Party-list
		Jose Gay Padiernos	GP	Party-list
		Presley De Jesus	PHILRECA	Party-list
		Cristal Bagatsing	PDP–Laban	Manila	5th
		Julienne Baronda	NUP	Iloilo City	Lone
		Edgar Chatto	Liberal	Bohol	1st
		Victor Yap	NPC	Tarlac	2nd
		Robert Ace Barbers	Nacionalista	Surigao del Norte	2nd
		Shernee Tan	Kusug Tausug	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Stella Luz Quimbo	Liberal	Marikina	2nd
		Francisca Castro	ACT TEACHERS	Party-list
		Angelica Natasha Co	BHW	Party-list

Chairperson

• Sharon Garin (AAMBIS-OWA) July 22, 2019 – October 6, 2020^[3]

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• National Economic and Development Authority