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On the recordSeptember 16, 2015
I am having a hard time seeing why it is that a country like the United States that has used its power, its blood, and its treasure to protect navigation all over the world for 200 years has to, in order to gain some moral high ground, ratify this particular treaty.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee questions the necessity of ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty for moral authority.

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