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Jeff Sousa

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13 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I hope you had a television while you were overseas.
13 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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And of course, for those in the liste ning audience who might not know which team he was referring to, that was Portugal. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would certainly like to be ass ociated with the Premier’s comments in regards to Johnny Barnes, who many in Bermuda and around the world referred to as Mr. …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Madam Deputy Speaker. Good morning to those in the House and those in the listening audience. I likewise would like to be associated with the condolences to Lady Swan that were first expressed by our Premier and also other colleagues here in the House. I rise today to ask that the House congratulate our very own Flora Duffy …
24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and fellow colleagues and those in the listening audience. Firstly, Mr. Speaker, it saddens me that the Member who just took his seat from constituency 13, again, is throwing the hard- working people that work just down the hill here at the Department of Workforce Development under the bus again. When this Member—
24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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When this Member sat —
24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I said stands. Mr. Speaker, when the Member who just took his seat sat in the Senate, he congratulated the National Training Board for the work they did in Bermuda’s first National Training Plan. But now that he stands in the House of Assembly he gets on his soapbox and now is condemning that same …
24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do enjoy the workout for my abs. Mr. Speaker, again, that last statement does stand. When that Member, who just took his seat, was in the other place, he had actually congratulated us for doing the National Training Plan—Bermuda’s first N ational Training Plan, Part 1. And as I said in the House before, when …
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, colleagues and those in the listening audience.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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This morning I rise to, firstly, co ngratulate the students of Heron Bay Primary School, P6, who graduated yesterday. It was a very special occasion, where the 13 of them graduated. And you clearly saw that Bermuda was in good hands. It is a lovely little school that is close to my business in Southampton. I also would like to …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon Members of the House and those of the listening audience.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I could not wait for the last speaker to take his seat. How dare the Member from constit uency 13 say that t he National Training Plan, which was created by the hard- working members of the N ational Training Board, is not worth the paper that it was on! I mean, to say that in this H onourable House, …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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—in the day -to-day activities of the Department of Workforce Development.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. But carrying on [with] the landscape gardener, again, I look at it from the point of view which I have as an employer. I have looked at it from the point of view of the employee. Because as I have said in thi s Honourable House before, I remember a time when I worked at Elbow …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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And, of course, because I am an employer (right?), many of these guys are being called and they do not even answer their phones . You know , so the employers get . . . so I understand both sides because obviously I know . . . I know these guys out there. But I do agree, as I said …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. I just want to clarify something. I have spoken to the current Minister about this same topic.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I have spoken to every Minister of Immigration for the last 30- plus years.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and honourable colleagues, and those in the listening a udience. 1856 27 May 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congrat ulate all those involved with the organisation of the Bermuda Day Marathon. I once again enjoyed stan ding on top Burnt House Hill with the top of the hill posse. And of course, my colleague, Mark Pettingill, and his family joined me there. We all know Burnt House Hill is where the men …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and colleagues and those in the listening audience. We are here talking about creating jobs for our people. And everybody in this House is obviously looking to do that. And I do salute the Honourable Member on that side for bringing this to the floor. But that is why t he One Bermuda Alliance was elected. …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I will continue where I was. We were talking about cr eating jobs. And of course, everybody on this side agrees with that. It was mentioned earlier by the Deputy Opposition Leader that all the decisions were made by Cabinet. And I want to make it quite clear that I do not sit in …