It seems like once they retire, things kind of change.

we can sit here today and have no idea how much oil and natural gas is out there.

I do remember that discussion.

the U.S. Interagency Extended Continental Shelf Task Force said it would be billions, if not trillions.

I do not envy you a bit. You are put in a position--I know a little bit about chain of command because I was in a very lowly position, but I was in the United States Army.

To agree to the Law of the Sea Treaty acknowledges that the United Nations has authority over the United States maritime territorial claims.

the Reserve Officers Association does not endorse ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Money that would be coming to the United States, that by virtue of this treaty, would not come to the United States--I call that a tax.

do you think that is in our best national security interest?

I think my good friend to my right, Senator DeMint, is going to ask what table you are talking about

The risk of confrontation goes up. So our force capacity will not go down, but the risk of having it used in a confrontation you do not want goes up.

There would be no loss there. The loss would be $7 billion, and that would affect our national security.

Ronald Reagan renegotiated this with the oil companies and gas companies at the table, and they signed on to these royalties.

But they currently are producing and they're currently able to do that through bilateral treaties.

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