ken carver. jamie barnett.countless others who have fought to protect others from needless tragedy. i would like to thank everybody who has been willing to step forward and tell us their stories despite the painful and tragic circumstances. not just that they happen, but having to recall them verbally and publicly. having accurate statistics about crime and other statistics is important to read -- important. it is even more important to understand the cost that this industry is not knology during the hearing along with other hearings and inquiries i have made into the cruise industries. they are about one thing called accountability. being honest with people. i know the cruise companies inc. i am singling them out, as they say, for special scrutiny. i have never hesitated to ask for buddies tough questions when i think their business practices are hurting consumers. i have never hesitated to ask companies tough questions when i think their business practices are hurting consumers. this process is called oversig

ken carver, jamie barnet, and countless others have fought for years to help protect others from needless tragedy. i would like to thank everybody who has been willing to step forward and tell us their stories despite, as i indicated, the painful and sometimes tragic circumstances. not just that they happened but having to recall them verbally and publicly. having accurate statistics about crimes and others instances are important, and it's even more important to understand the human cost of the safety and security problems that this industry is not fully acknowledging. this hearing along with other hearings and inquiries i have made into the cruise industry since i have been chairman are about one thing, and it's called accountability. being honest with people. i know the cruise companies think that i am singling them out, as they say, for special scrutiny, but i asuhre them that is not the case. i have never hesitated to ask companies tough questions when i think their business practices are hurting consumers. that's my job, all of our jobs. we have oversight. that's the main reason we

many more people, as you all know, who could have shared their experiences and have with my staff, ken carverjamie barnett and countless others have fought for years to help others from needless tragedy. i would like to thank everybody who has been willing to step forward and tell us their stories, despite as i indicated, the painful and sometimes tragic circumstances, not just that they happened but having to recall them verbally and publicly. having accurate statistics about the crime is important and even more important is the security risks that this industry is n notednot acknowledging. this is about accountability. being honest with people. i know that cruise companies think that i am singling them out for scrutiny but i assure them that that is not the case. i have never hesitated to ask the tough questions when i think their business practices are urt haddi hurting their customers. that's my job. to have oversight and try to make things better. this process of asking tough questions is called, in fact, oversight. it's one of the most important jobs congressional committees have, maybe