Tiniyak ni incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri na mananatiling independent ang senado at patuloy na magiging senado ng taumbayan sa ilalim ng kanyang pamumuno.
Ayon kay Zubiri magiging malaya ang bawat senador na maghayag ng sariling pananaw at paniniwala.
Matatandaang umatras si Senator Cynthia Villar sa hangarin nito na mag senate president at sinabing susuporta na lamang niya ang super majority sa senado.
Iginiit ni Zubiri na ang kanyang karanasan bilang majority leader sa 14th, 17th at 18th congress ay makakatulong ng malaki para mapangasiwaan ng maayos ang mga affairs sa senado.
Sa pagpasok ng 19th congress inilagay bilang Senate President si Zubiri habang Senate President Pro Tempore Si Senator elect Loren Legarda at Majority Leader na si Senator elect Joel Villanueva.
Pagdating naman sa committe chairmanship:
- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian ay inilagay sa Committee On Ways and Means at Committee On Basic Education
- Senator Nancy Binay bilang Committee on Tourism at Committee on Accounts
- Senator Sonny Angara ay mananatiling Chairman ng Committee on Finance
- Senator Francis Tolentino bilang Blue Ribbon Committee
- Senator Imee Marcos bilang Committee on Foreign Relations
- Senator Raffy Tulfo bilang Committee on Energy at Committee on OFW
- Senator Robin Padilla bilang Committee on Constitutional Amendments
- Senator Bong Go bilang Committee on Health at Committee on Sports
- Senator Chiz Escudero bilang Committee on Justice
- Senator Bong Revilla bilang Committee on Public Works
- Senator Grace Poe bilang Committee on Public Services at Committee on Banks
- Senator Lito Lapid bilang Committee on Games and Amusement
- Senator JV Ejercito bilang Committee on Local Gov’t at Committee on Higher Education
- Senator Jinggoy Estrada sa Committee on Labor and Employment at Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drug
- At Senator Cynthia Villar na mananatili naman bilang Chairman ng Committee on Agriculture at Environment Committee. – sa ulat ni Cely Ortega-Bueno (Patrol 19)
