Ranking members of the House of Representatives favor President Marcos' call for a lifestyle check on government officials, starting with those from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)--arguably the current center of controversy as far as alleged corruption is concerned.

Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. and Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon both see the wisdom in the chief executive's directive.

“Ako, I'm in favor of that," Abante chairman of the House Committee on Human Rghts and quad-committee (quad-comm).

"Kung nais ng Pangulong simulan sa DPWH, well and good, no? Pero kinakailangan lahat…lahat ‘yan, pati judiciary, lahat na. Talagang magkaroon ng lifestyle check (If the President wants to start with the DPWH, well and good, right? But it has to be everyone… all of them, including the judiciary, everyone. There really needs to be a lifestyle check). I'm in favor of what the President has said,” he said.

Ridon, chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts and co-chairman of the Infrastructure Committee that will investigate the DPWH flood control projects controversy, says he's fine with the Palace directive crossing over to Congress.

“I think the call of course of the President is on all, pero [but] I'm also quite sure na [that] he also wants to respect yung pong [the] co-equality ng branches of government,” he said.

“Wala naman hong problema na magkaroon din po ng lifestyle checks sa mga miyembro po ng Kongreso, miyembro po kahit ng hudikatura. Kasi syempre kailangan naman po talagang all-encompassing and more importantly, meron po talagang mga expectations on all government officials, on all government employees, na talaga naman pong dapat we should be able to lead and live modest lives,” he said.

(There’s really no problem with conducting lifestyle checks on members of Congress, even members of the judiciary. Because of course, it truly needs to be all-encompassing, and more importantly, there are genuine expectations for all government officials and employees that we should be able to lead and live modest lives.)

“So, I think very important po ‘yun, na hindi lang ho mag-target, for example on DPWH, but on each and every agency, and on each and every political branch of government (So, I think that’s very important, not to target just, for example, the DPWH, but every agency and every political branch of government),” he explained.