AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee has filed a bill that seeks to maintain the price of rice at an affordable level by adopting a program that would make rice production profitable for local farmers.

House Bill 9020, or the "Cheaper Rice Act," was filed on August 31. Under the measure, Lee has proposed the Rice Incentivization, Self-Sufficiency and Enterprise (RISE) Program.

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