Manila, May 7 -- Senator Grace Poe assured Tuesday that she would "endeavor" to pass the measure seeking to create a Department of Water Resources (DWR) before the adjournment of the 19th Congress in 2025.

Poe made the assurance as she convened the Senate Committee on Public Services for its first hearing on the measure.

"We are about to go on a break before the SONA (state of the nation address), I think it's unrealistic to say that we will pass it then, sa dami ng problema (with a lot of other problems), but we will endeavor to pass it definitely by this Congress because we have to, this is crucial," she told her colleagues.

"I am glad that this administration finally, has set as its priority the creation of this department."

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