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I'm T.J. Manoto and this is your TFC News Now.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed the hard-fought foreign aid bill into law on Wednesday
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and the highest-ranking Philippine-American elected official is speaking up about it.
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After President Biden signed the bill into law,
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U.S. Congressman Bobby Scott spoke to ABS-CBN News about the significance of the multi-billion dollar funding
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to global security, including the Philippines.
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It shows that the United States stands for democracy and freedom throughout the world
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and provides critical humanitarian assistance to civilians in a lot of areas of conflict.
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In regards to the Philippines, this legislation will help the United States and the Philippines
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to better address our shared interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
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The $95 billion package includes nearly $61 billion aid to Ukraine,
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$26 billion for Israel along with humanitarian aid for Gaza,
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and at $8.1 billion funding for the Indo-Pacific region.
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billion of that would go towards submarine infrastructure and development,
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an amendment to the bill that Congressman Scott worked on with bipartisan support.
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I serve as the co-chair of the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus
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and I joined a bipartisan amendment with my co-chair, Congressman Moreland from Guam,
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as well as Congressman Issa from California
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to support foreign military funding for the Philippines to help us reach our shared goals.
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We go to Los Angeles where the Filipino-led non-profit group Search to Involve Filipino-Americans
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has opened a wellness center inside a new affordable housing complex.
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With homelessness, physical health, and mental health continuing to be among the pressing issues in historic Filipino town,
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the community is continuing to find ways to address them.
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And one of the newest solutions is the Lucena on Court, an affordable housing complex in historic Filipino town.
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This project took about a year and a half to complete,
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and is operated by Meta Housing and Foundation for Affordable Housing.
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The Search to Involve Filipino-Americans, or SIPA,
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has partnered with them in opening its Hi-Fi Wellbeing Center inside the property.
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SIPA's wellness center at Lucena on Court will be operating many of their physical and mental health programs in these rooms,
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along with food distributions and even counseling services.
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We think that it's really important to have a place like this for residents of historic Filipino town.
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As you said, coming out of the pandemic has been really challenging.
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The economic conditions currently really do impact the most vulnerable.
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So, you know, opening up 45 units of affordable housing is really important in historic Filipino town,
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where cost of living is going up tremendously.
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And finally, music superstar Beyonce has served prize, a two-year-old Filipino fan with a special gift.
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Beyonce is my friend.
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Beyonce is your friend?
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Okay, well, can you introduce me to Beyonce?
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I don't know her personally.
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Oh, you know her personally.
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Beyonce is your friend?
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Over the last week, this video of two-year-old Tyler claiming that Queen B is his friend
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has garnered millions of views and tons of shares and likes on social media.
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Tyler is the son of Philippine-based digital creator Bea Fabregas.
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While they were having pizza, Tyler asked his mom where Beyonce was and that he wanted to meet her.
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With the help of the internet, Beyonce knows Carter found out about the adorable girl,
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and decided to send him a special gift.
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Her favorite blue flowers and a stuffed animal with a sweet message saying,
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I see your halo, Tyler.
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What a sweet gesture for a sweet boy.
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And those are the news making the headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News YouTube channel and on the ABS-CBN News website.
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I'm TJ Monotok. Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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Thank you for watching!
