Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. 466 19 February 2021 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: What is your point of order, please? POINT OF ORDER

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Yes, there is a thing being called “reactive” and a thing called “proactive.” We are being proactive because we know it is only a matter of time before the US Federal Government does do this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I a m going to be very brief.

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Because certain people want to go home. [Laughter] Bermuda House of Assembly BIPARTISANSHIP

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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I will speak on two quick topics, Mr. Speaker. The first topic is bipartisanship. By definition, bipartisanship, means agreement or cooperation between two political parties . That is the theoretical thing. Following their massive defeat in the October 1st election, the OBA says, Oh, we’re going to be very bipartisan. We aren’t going to disagree, or we aren’t going to …

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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I cannot see who is giving me a point of order.

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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We will see about that one. IN MEMORY OF LAVERNE FURBERT

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am going to be very brief because tomorrow is a very special day for the people of Bermuda. We are going to be paying tribute to our warrior queen, Sister LaVerne Furbert. Mr. Speaker, in 2011, ten years ago, I walked into a CC [Central Committee] meeting at Alaska Hall. At that time the Premier was the …

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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PLP! United w e stand!

19 Feb 2021 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. 270 11 December 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Mr. Famous, you have your three minutes.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I would like to give condolences to my cousin’s family, Mr. [E dmund] Sinclair Philpott. I have country cousins, too,

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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They were White Hill, but the Philpotts are r elated to the Andersons, the Halls — they are all related up there.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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But he was a master m echanic. More importantly, he was a loving husband of Laverne, father to Shaun and Shannon, three grandchildren. He was a mas ter mechanic. And he was a sports fan of the Mets. I do not know why. I do not know why he was for the Mets. And somehow he was for that team …

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Are you hearing me?

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Are you hearing me, Mr. Speaker?

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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I cannot wait until Parli ament is televised. [Laughter]

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, good afternoon. I wish to congratulate the Minister, his Mini stry, and the other associated body, the Bermuda D evelopment Agency. Mr. Speaker, often we are being chided that we are not moving fast enough to diversify the ec onomy or that we are only using the one stream of international business as our only source of income. …