A member of the
Nationalist People's Coalition, he previously served as the
Secretary General of the
House of Representatives of the Philippines under the speakership of
Marinduque Lone District Rep.
Lord Allan Velasco. He also served as a Member of the House of Representatives representing the
4th District of Batangas from 2007 to 2016. He also unsuccessfully ran for
governor of Batangas in
2016 and for a comeback to the Congress as representative of the same district in
2019. == Personal life ==