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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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266,425
Words Spoken
154
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1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good evening, Mr. Speaker.
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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3 words
Mr. Speaker —
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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17 words
Mr. Speaker, I would like to defer to the Member from constituency 1 if you will allow.
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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8 words
Mr. Speaker, I will not be 20 minutes.
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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19 words
And I suspect after I say what I say today I may get kicked out of the PLP. [Laughter]
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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167 words
Mr. Speaker, after last Fr iday—last Friday, you know, they say, that day —after they said that they were going to bring back the TA [travel authorisation] and after they said that they were going to tax people for health, I was like, Whoa. Then afterwards they said they did not know about it. Only one person knew. And th …
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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392 words
Yes, he has returned. Let the record show that the Opposition Leader has r eturned to the Chamber. We have a quorum. My first advice to the OBA: Embrace who you really are. No sense trying to say, We’re not the UBP. Because out of nine parliamentarians, six MPs and three Senators, that is nine parliamentarians, five of them come …
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Let us keep Cole. Ever ybody who wants to keep Cole as OBA Leader, tap your desk. [ Desk thumping]
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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102 words
More importantly, Mr. Speaker, here is the thing. Despite what the public may think, the OBA and the PLP are not up here at each other’s throats every minute. We actually get along pretty well. There is this room upstairs called the Common Room that, two hours ago, any [person from the] public would have seen that, they would have …
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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48 words
So I say that in all honesty to the OBA. I know this has been a bad week for you guys, right? And it is not my place to make it worse for you. I am just giving you some advice how to moderate yourselves. [ Inaudible interjection]
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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31 words
I know. I understand. But you know, I am going to take one for the team, right? So, Mr. Speaker, to the lone OBA Member who is in the Chamber —
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker —
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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500 words
Okay. All right, Mr. Speaker. I am going to move on. Let us go to a little history lesson. Mr. Speaker, 870 miles to the southwest of us there is an island chain called the Bahama Islands. Anyone ever heard of them? Mr. Speaker, I recently had the privilege of speaking to some historians from the Bahamas, the Commonwealth of …
1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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378 words
I said, No. Read the fine print. And on the fine print it says, Smith’s, Bermuda. Also they have down there CG Isles. Anyone know what that means? Colonial Insurance. So while they are telling us, Hey, you have nothing to do with Bahamas, those people are different from you. Some folks have been down there investing f or decades. …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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12 words
The Bermuda Housing Corporation is building 77 units all around the Island.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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38 words
That quote was when they were trying to influence who was going to be our leader. If they tell us to go this way, we are going the other way . So let us put it in context.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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6 words
Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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51 words
It was not MP Caines. It was the late Honourable Walton Brown who put that together. 420 24 February 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Scott Pearman: I stand corrected. I know that [MP] Caines took it over when MP Smith and MP Leah Scott were on it.