Published December 11, 2020, 1:41 PM Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said Friday that apart from ensuring the budget for the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 will also fund several new laws that have far-reaching impacts on the lives of Filipinos. Sen. Sonny Angara (Joseph Vidal/ Senate PRIB) According to Angara, Congress made sure that recently enacted laws would be funded so as not to render them irrelevant, as some of these recent laws were enacted three years ago, over the past year, awaiting the signature of the President or bills that have progressed significantly in Congress.