BICAM HEARING: Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the disagreeing provisions on the 2014 national budget during a Bicameral Conference Committee Tuesday morning. The Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee approved the 2014 national budget sans the “pork barrel” funds of 15 senators and Vice President Jejomar Binay. Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, and Sen. Ralph Recto also attended the hearing. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/10 December 2013)