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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
31 words
So, you see, Mr. Deputy Speaker , I work nights. I woke up at some hour in the morning . . . I mean, sorry, some hour during the day. [Laughter]
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
226 words
And I see this text from somebody saying, Hey! There is a press conference going on. By the time I read it, the press conference was over. And this person was saying this, that, and the other. And I was like, What? Are you serious? Let me check this out for myself. [That was] thirty -seven minutes of my life …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
296 words
They say, Hey! (And I am quoting the person.) Don’t do nothing with them down here. Deal with those people up there. You know Black people talk with their hands, so the gesticulations were pointing towards Europe. Mr. Deputy Speaker , in this very House, in 2018, we were told there was an Order in Council by Bermuda House of …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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40 words
Yes, we have to. They are us. We are them. And there is no way I am ever going to let somebody who is not for us tell me I cannot asso-ciate my family. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker .
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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67 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to start off with condolences to the family of Mrs. Betty -Anne Darrell, sister of Honourable Michael Weeks. She was a resident of Devonshire. I would also like to associate with the passing of Mr. David Cook. Also, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Bernice Morton, the wife of George Morton, Sr. Mrs. Jill Moniz, my …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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109 words
Just to say my constituent. As the Honourable Member says, she lost her husband earlier this year, so my condolences to Stephen and his sister, and all Devon Heights because they are very close up there. Mrs. Lesseline Young of Spring Road, my constituent. I know she voted for me. Also Mrs. Pearl Hodgson of Deepdale, C14, which is MP …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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25 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, 25 years ago I left my job at BELCO. I told my boss I will be going out to the store. [Laughter]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
166 words
I came out Cross Street, and there were thousands of people lining the street because the Progressive Labour Party had finally crossed the River Jordan. I do not say that lightly be-cause we know that there were the MPs. But we also know that there were the branches and we also know that there were the volunteers. There was a …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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9 words
Point of order. Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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3 words
Point of order.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
68 words
Mr. Speaker, the Member is bringing . . . the Member is misleading this House. I categorically said to the Member in front of me, the Honourable Member in front of me. I said, Honourable Member, did you write any of this? He said, No, no, no, no, no, no. I said, I replied to the Honourable Member, I’m voting …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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6 words
Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
37 words
The Member is either misleading the House or not good with numbers. He made a statement that $120 million is being, in his words, dumped into the Grand Atlantic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, there is no such figure.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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25 words
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Would you like for me to pull up the actual number? You are on a roll, you know. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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6 words
Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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34 words
The totality from Grand Atlantic to the . . . what is that now? It is $92 million. It was not $92 million to convert it to a hotel. Stop with the inaccurate numbers.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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13 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank you for your allowances here.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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246 words
I would like to echo some of my colleagues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, today I was disappointed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, for the last three years since July 2020 I have got to know the Honourable Member of this House who throughout the three years has been extremely meticulous. He has been kept above the fray. He showed so much promise. When …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
8 words
I am talking about the Throne Speech. [Laughter]