This hearing of the subcommittee an investigation will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. My colleagues who are here especially the witnesses who have joined us. This hearing is about a culture of cover up. Its a culture of cover up that the coast guard has spawned and sustained for decades. It has justice. Victims and survivors of sexual abuse from coming forward. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from retaliation and reprisal when they have stood up and spoken out. For years, this culture enabled Sexual Misconduct to occur despite evidence of widespread, unaddressed and egregious violations of basic norms. We want to make sure that there is not only transparency but also accountability going forward. This culture has continued to refuse accountability. The type of accountability that comes from naming names and Holding Wrongdoers Accountable. It is the type of accountability that requires full cooperation with the subcommittee inqui
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