Political Quotes

The Law of the Sea will continue to form the basis of maritime law regardless of whether the United States is a party.

I would like to ask sort of the basic question we perhaps began with and that is the idea that we do have a foreign policy with regard to Syria right now and that is that Assad must go.

Americans who are involved in the oceans professionally on a daily basis... want this Convention ratified.

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 telecommunications do not understand how best to grow their businesses, create jobs, and protect their bottom lines.