Chris Coons actually said...

"I just have to question your assertion that... U.S. accession to the Convention has become essential to the successful execution of the Navy's global mission."

"So when we have successfully reasserted customary international law and leave a contested area, do these other nations sometimes then reassert their excessive claim?"

"I am concerned that the debate over this treaty is locked in a framework that is decades out of date."

"the entire dangerous, risky, and provocative process could be avoided in some circumstances by ratifying this treaty and being able to contest excessive claims in the ways it allows us to do."