Richard Lugar said...

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

The only way to protect that outside of this is to accede to the treaty.

Mr. Chairman, I join you in welcoming Secretary Clinton, Secretary Panetta, and General Dempsey.

I appreciate your mentioning Purdue because we have had strong ties there in that outreach. So you are most thoughtful.