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Jeff Baron

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12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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—the rhetoric, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interject ions and general uproar]
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker, for that. I will not address any of the comments that the former speaker made, but I will address, as we have Hansard now available, some of the comments that the speaker made and other Members of this House on Friday, which were quite personal towards me. Look, I do not have any issue …
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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I have served this community. Thank you. I have served this community. And I have come back and I have gotten involved in politics, and I have served this community. Whether Members on the other side like me or not is immaterial. Whether Members agree or not with my policies is immaterial. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, …
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Again, I am flattered every time I am interrupted because it means I have hit a nerve.
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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My point, Mr. Speaker, is simple. I am a Bermudian who served his country. I am a father. I am a single father. I am a proud single father. I have a lot of responsibilities at home, as well. In fact, my son is probably waiting for me right now. It is 9:30. My babys itter is getting paid a …
12 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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You have made that very clear t onight, Mr. Speaker. This House . . . whether you agree with Jeff Baron or not on policy, whether you like me or not, I have no anim us towards anybody in this House. Not one person. I have not done anything personal, or personally attacked anybody in this House, nor will I. …
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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And for the benefit of the House and for the Minister, the research is just here. You have tabled the book. The stats are here. My question— An Hon. M ember: Why do you ask the question? [Inaudible interjections ]
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Clearly, the Minister should k now. He has tabled it. Clearly, the Minister should know. He has tabled it, Premier. Premier, the Mini ster should know. He has tabled the book. [Desk thumping and inaudible interjections ]
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, yes. I love it when the Premier flirts with me. Mr. Speaker, my question. My question is this, because I support the intent of this Bill, and I have been on record for supporting it. Can the Honourable Minister please, Mr. Speaker, tell us, because we have talked about supply -side, what he pla ns on d oing, …
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification, Mr. Chairman.
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I thank the Honourable Minister. My comments this morning were regarding the comments from the Member for constituency 22 about the amount of . . . those persons who were arrested for cannabis, not the induced psychosis. So if there was a confusion, I apologise. It was regarding the information about how many arrests, et cetera, were for …
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you.
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
7 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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He is misleading the House and Ha nsard will show that.
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for National Security for his ana lysis and actually his advancement of the 100 Jobs that he has announced today. Before I do that, I would like to . . . Hopefully, I do not sound glib. But I would like to remind Members in the House, particularly the …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The National Security Minister visited the Westgate facility today, and he reflected on the numbers of those who are incarcerated, not just at Wes tgate, our maximum -security prison, but all throughout the entire Island, Mr. Speaker. And the numbers are true. And the numbers are correct, and they are ex-tremely concerning. Bermuda House of Assembly I made …
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good mor ning, colleagues . Bermuda House of Assembly I would like to associate my remarks today with condolences I have heard for the family of Allan “Forty” Rego. Forty was my first boxing coach in Bermuda in 1997. I received a phone call at police hea dquarters, and it was from him. He said, I’d …
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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And I have to say, as a young 20year-old boxer, that was one of the biggest highlights of my amateur boxing career. I went home and told my father that Troy Darrell punched me in the face many times —a complete honour. Now, the world has famous boxing coaches. We have household names like Freddie Roach, Ang elo Dundee, Emanuel …