The United States will benefit from the support LOSC provides to our operations.
We are the only Arctic nation outside the Convention.
I would certainly hope the United States does not give any consideration in going to war with China over the South China Sea.
Acceding to LOSC will increase our credibility in invoking and enforcing the treaty's provisions.
Joining the Convention will reinforce United States international leadership in the maritime domain.
By not joining the Law of the Sea, we also are diminishing the potential scope of our domestic energy production.
Every major ocean industry--including shipping, fishing, telecommunications, oil and natural gas, drilling contractors, shipbuilders--suppor...
U.S. ratification of Law of the Sea would support job creating investment and open new resources to our industries at a critical time for ou...
Without joining the Law of the Sea, we are deprived of critical benefits and protections under the treaty.
I am convinced beyond any doubt that joining the other 160 nations that are party to the treaty will protect America's economic interests an...
THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR RATIFICATION
The hearing will come to order.
I am personally deeply supportive of it, and I believe it is now more urgent than ever that we ratify it because to remain outside of it is ...
I support this treaty.
I would rather have the United States be at that table, and I will bet you if we are at the table within the confines of this, we can help r...
I have been especially critical of President Obama and the State Department for failing to approve the Keystone XL pipeline because it provi...
The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification.
If we expect to be able to manage our own energy future and our need for rare earth minerals, we must be a party to the Law of the Sea Conve...
