Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, as the Honourable Member from 33 said, three minutes is not enough for some persons. So, I want to start off. After your son got up, I figured, you know, it does not make sense me standing up. Mr. Speaker, [in] 2018 you took me on my first trip overseas to represent Bermuda to the Cayman Islands. And …

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am going to move on to a topic that affects everybody in Bermuda. I am not going to be long. Mr. Speaker, it seems that sometimes when you read stuff from the Opposition and hear stuff from the Chamber of Commerce, it is like, Whoa, they are almost saying the same thing. And I am not saying …

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, if the fish did not open his mouth. Mr. Speaker, the reality is that no matter what the circumstances are, we are in an affordable housing crisis. There are reasons such as probate, property transfers taking too long, planning regulations taking too long, banks charging too much money, interest rates. There is a host of reasons. But we …

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Beg pardon?

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. Blame the Government. Right? [Laughter]

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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626 words

We have to be honest with ourselves. All right? And there are ways to not neces-sarily fix the problem but mitigate the issue that we have. The Housing Corporation is doing their part. We are providing affordable housing, but there is no way we could provide the amount of housing that is needed. And if we do not fix the …

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Hey! Whoa! Happy Mother’s Day, Scott. [Inaudible interjection]

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yeah. And, Mr. Speaker, I am your full son.

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is not often that twice in one day we heard the OBA say they approve and they support PLP Bills. Because if you read comments online, one would think that — Hon. E. David Burt: Talk about it!

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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—the PLP has no good ideas that the OBA ever supports. But to the point that the previous speaker spoke about is that, yes, when there are loopholes found we come back in humility and we sort it out. Now to the essence of the Bill, Madam Deputy Speaker, often when I save some money I take my family and …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Okay. All right. Calm down, Swan, calm down. [Laughter]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Madam Deputy Speaker, as you know, at Wahoo’s the persons who serve you are 100 per cent Bermudian. The cooking staff, maybe, I don’t know, maybe 90 per cent not Bermudian. But the food is great and the service is always with a 202 28 March 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly smile. That is why they are …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker , I did not use my 20 minutes last time, so can you roll it over for me?

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker—

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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—parliamentary colleagues on both sides, listening audience and a special good evening to the YPD. I am proud , AME strong. [Desk thumping]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Mr. Speaker , let me start off responding to a learned, w ell, a honourable colleague from consistency 31 boa tarde e obrigado. T hat is Portuguese for “Goodnight and thank you.” Welcome to the H ouse. Mr. Speaker , that Honourable Member .

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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[I am] 5 per cent. I am 5 per cent Portuguese.

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Can't tell , but—

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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You, you, you are imputing, improper motive s there . [Laughter]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker —