Speeches by Renee Ming, JP, MP

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay? Mr. Speaker, I would also like to take this time to extend condolences to the family of Glennda Anderson, especially her daughters , Tiffany and Tamisha. And to—

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Oh. I would like to associate the Deputy Speaker [sic] with those comments.

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Deputy Leader. Oh, I am sorry. The Deputy Premier. (Sorry) And also to the family of Sharon Wales, from Cut Road, St. George’s. That was definitely a shock for us St. Georgians. But we ass ociate MP Tyrrell with t hose comments. We keep her and her family in our prayers during this difficult time. And on a happier note, …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. She is a Youth Parliament Member.

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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And I look forward to what her f uture holds. I would like to associate MP Lawrence Scott with those comments as well, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker and listening audience.

2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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I find it appropriate that we are speaking about the comments of Mr. Brannon, b ecause I had a look at —

2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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He is not in my company, Tony Brannon. Yes. I had a look at the comments and the pictures when they were sent to you and stuff. And I tell you this here. So many things go through your mind when you see things like that. And you know, I say, Oh, wo w, because I think that that would …

2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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But the more I thought about the post, the more I thought about December 2 nd, because for me December the 2nd is etched forever in my mind. And I am not going to tell you that I cannot get to a space of forgiveness, because I know that for me to do and be better , I had to …

2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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But I still have mu ch love for them. So, Mr. Speaker, I did not really need to have long comments on this. I think that enough has been said, and more could even be said on this here. And when you see things like this, it clearly defines som etimes who we are as a country for some people. …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and listening audience.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I do not intend to be long, but I would like to add my comments to this discussion this evening. First of all, I have said this in many of my budget speeches, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and that is that budgets are about more than just numbers. They are actually about people.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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And so when we get down to the nitty-gritty of it, we really have to think about the i mpact on the people of the budgets that are put forth. So when I looked at this year’s budget . . . I do not think that anything is ever going to be perfect. I think sometimes you have to sort …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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No, I do think that every Minister of Finance does the best, Mr. Deputy Speaker. So I would like to thank him because I believe that it is thoughtful.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I think that it is a somewhat caring budget as well, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I do believe it is a challenging budget because I think we are living in challenging times. 3172 28 February 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly And so the real . . . it is not really a trick, but it is the balancing. So you are balancing almost the wants sometimes of a country and you are …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay? And so I have constituents who, based on the budget items for the payroll tax, will save more than $10. I do not have my glasses on but I am going to look at it here. I am looking at the . . . I took the $48,000 threshold. And so a person who is making that, with the …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay? $960 —that is not a drop in the bucket. That is not a drop in the bucket! That is not even a drop . . . I mean, I do not know how, as they say in my young people’s world, I don’t know how you are balling and stuff like that. But I am balling like that . …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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[It is] $960 divided by . . . I said by 12, if you want to look at it.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay.