Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly

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Because the day is going to come that you may have an opportunity to buy your own house, but you do not have the downpayment. Not that you never have the money, but you spent it on trips, you spent it on Carnival , you spent it on whatever else. Right? As leaders we have to tell our people the …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. G ood morning, colleagues and most of all good morning to the people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to start off with some condolences to some folks from Devonshire. I am going to start off with Ms. Lois Ann Perinchief of Happy Valley Road, constituency 14. The MP reached out to her family . Mr. …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I will not need that 20 minutes .

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker , a couple of months ago we looked at the definition of the term revisionist . Someone who attempts to recreate what happened years ago and spin it into their definition of what's happening now. Mr. Speaker, we talked about in the last sitting about people who deny genocide. P eople who deny land theft . And the …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. S peaker , we heard . . . , well, some read or heard an individual saying , The solution to the cost of living is to bring in more people. The solution to the cost of living is to give away Bermudian status. Mr. Speaker, there's not one island where the population has increased that life has got …

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, good afternoon.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I had to leave early so I did not get a . . . Sorry. I was interrupted by the Deputy Speaker. Would you like to point of order me or something?

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I had to leave early, so I did not get a chance to speak on the obits and congrats. I would like to associate with the condo-lences for Kendall Harvey. He was a husband of my cousin Tina. I do not know if this name was mentioned, Mr. Speaker. You may know the name. It is Eunice Jones.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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So, I would like to give condolences to multiple families and multiple communities. Ms. Eunice Jones, as you know, Mr. Speaker, I think came from your neck of the woods.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. So, [in the] Somerset community, West End community. And she lived in Devonshire—the posh side of Devonshire, but she lived in Devonshire. But more importantly, Mr. Speaker, Ms. Jones gave back to her community via St. Paul AME Church and by our school the Berkeley Institute. She was — [Inaudible interjection]

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. The original. There is only one. [Inaudible interjection]

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I had the privilege of working with Ms. Jones on the Berkeley Educational Society. As she was transitioning out, I was transitioning in. Those that have been to home going services at St. Paul’s would know that [for] every St. Paul member there is a proclamation read about what this member has done for St. Paul —not just St. Paul …

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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—it is starvation, lack of . . . They have blown up almost every hospital, so women who are pregnant cannot get neonatal care. People who have lost limbs cannot get proper treatment, so they are dying from gangrene. I could go on and on, but the question remains: How many people need to starve to death before it is …

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, welcome back. I must say that your Deputy handled the— [Inaudible interjections]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I was just about to give a compl iment. [Laughter]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I must say, Mr. Speaker, but I shall not be deterred. [Laughter]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Your Deputy handled the Budget Debates, the briefs , just the way you would, Mr. Speaker. And you know it is unfortunate that today was , you know , kind of your welcome back , [and it] kind of got, you know —

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Anyway, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I will be very brief, Mr. Speaker, because the Deputy Speaker is giving me a look that — [Crosstalk] TRUE LEADERSHIP MEANS YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR VERSUS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR