02/24/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR RATIFICATION"
"As Senator Lugar has said, to oppose this Convention on economic grounds requires one to believe that U.S. industries as diverse as oil and gas, fishing, shipping, seabed mining, and telecommunication..."
"The only way to protect that outside of this is to accede to the treaty."
"In 2009 and 2010, though discussions occurred on Law of the Sea within the Obama administration, passing the Convention was not accorded a high priority."