PROFILE AS A LEGISLATOR

1992 - 95 Elected for the first time as Representative, Fourth District of Batangas;   Youngest member of the Ninth Congress at 28 years old
  Chairman Subcommittee on Countryside Development
  Vice-Chairman Committee on Economic Affairs
  Member of the Committees on : Appropriation, Youth and Sports, Trade &   Industry, People's Participation, Transportation & Communication, Ad Hoc   Committee on Mt. Pinatubo, Science and Technology

1995 - 98 Elected for a second term as Representative; garnering 97.5% of all votes   cast ( Highest percentage vote received by a Congressional candidate in the   Province of Batangas and among all elected nationwide )
  Chairman: Special Committee on Poverty Alleviation, Sub-committee on   Info. & Tech., Sub-committee on Econ. Integration & Opportunities
  Vice-Chairman: Committee on Economic Affairs
  Member of the Committees on:  Appropriation, Youth, Ways & Means,    Transpo. & Communication, Trade & Industry, Science & Technology

1998 - Present Elected for a third term as Representative garnering 98% of all votes cast   ( Highest percentage votes received by a congressional candidate in the   Province and among all elected representative nationwide )
  Chairman Committee on Economic Affairs, Vice-Chairman Committee on   Public Order & Safety, Committee on Basic Education
  Member of the committees on:  Appropriation, Local Government, Ways &   Means, Legislative Franchise, Health, People's Participation, Education and   Culture

MAJOR LAWS AUTHORED AND SPONSORED:

Principal author and sponsor of the Amendment to the Special Economic Zone Law
Principal author and sponsor of the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act
Co-author and so-sponsor of the Special Economic Zone Law

POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS

Laban ng Masang Pilipino ( LAMP )
Nationalist Party Vice-President for Luzon 1996
LAKAS District   Chairman   1993
Nationalist Party  District Chairman  1992 - 1996
Nationalist Party  Youth Chairman   1991