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Sam Farr: Treaty of the seas, law of the seas, something our Navy is very interested in having ratified. The Senate failed to do…

On the recordJune 2, 2003
Treaty of the seas, law of the seas, something our Navy is very interested in having ratified. The Senate failed to do that many years ago. I have suggested that the Senate ought to revisit that, particularly with the Navy's interest in it, and hopefully we can get it ratified so that we can be a partner with all the other coastal nations around the world.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Discussing the importance of ratifying the law of the seas treaty.

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