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Rolfe Commissiong

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24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. It is Rolfe.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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It is Rolfe Commissiong.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to associate with the kind words and comments of the Premier. Mr. John Lewis, in particular, I hope we are going to be sending an official note of condolence to his family. While some of us may view Mr. Lewis as rightfully being an icon of the American civil rights movement, we would …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, if I may.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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All right, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I can sum this up in three words. Shame on us! Shame on Bermuda that it t ook us until 2020 to remove a provision under the Criminal Code that so egregiously, so blatantly tilted the scales of justice. Hats off to Mr. Pettingill and his client because they actually performed a …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it is Rolfe Commissiong. I would like to weigh in on this debate.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we had, I guess you could say, a drop- the-mic moment from Mr. Diallo Rabain on this issue. I thought he did a very good job in encapsulating what has been a five-decade- long war on drugs, which ironically was larg ely implemented or even forced down the throats of most countries beginning in the 1960s, 1970s and …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I would like to speak to the motion to adjourn.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Can I — Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I think the Deputy Speaker was try ing to speak on motion to adjourn. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Right. Yes.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes sir. The Sp eaker: You almost lost the opportunity. The gavel was —
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Timing is everything, Mr. Speaker.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You are so kind. Mr. Speaker, we are heading into t he Cup Match season, but there will be no cricket match as all of us have been habituated to expect. I grew up in Spanish Point in Key West. Key West, St. George’s supporters, great legendary “Bummy” Symonds was three houses away from me. That …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Next, we move on to the airport. Mr. Speaker, an economist will tel l you there is a term call ed “moral hazard.” Moral hazard occurs when lenders exercise bad judgment in providing credit to persons who are seeking to borrow. Well, Cousin Bob Richards and the OBA fell prey to moral hazard, and it has put us all on …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Anyway, moving on. So, finally, racial disparity and gender disparity. I reme mber having a conversation with a well -known master of the universe in one of our major reinsurance companies. This individual said, Rolfe (we had lunch toget her), he said, Rolfe, the bottom line is that Blacks are underrepresented in IB , but there is a dirty little …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker . Point of order. Mr. Speaker, the—
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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The [Member] asserts that people are starving. What evidence does she have that people are starving? We know that people need assistance —
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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You said people are star ving. That is what you said.
17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will join the debate.
17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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I am fine. How are you?
17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, Kim Swan did give us an overdue history lesson. And his invocation calls for a historical reckoning, which is also overdue. Mr. Swan said, and I quote, “Do something to make it go away.” He talked about the erection of some sort of tribute on the site, I guess, to those classic and inestimable Black …