[VIDEO] I asked my Senator about LOST (Corker)

[Matt Collins]

Tennessee may have the worst Republican senator tandem in the country. I don't understand how they get re-elected?

Well Corker and Alexander and Haslam have all bought their way into office.

 

[Keith and stuff]

It looks like the LOST Treaty may be dead again, for now.

Breaking News: Senator Ayotte Will NOT Support the LOST Treaty
by Steve MacDonald
http://granitegrok.com/blog/2012/07/breaking-news-senator-ayotte-will-not-support-the-lost-treaty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2012
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jeff Sadosky (Portman) | 202-224-5190

Jeff Grappone (Ayotte) | 202-224-3324



Senators Portman and Ayotte Sink Law Of The Sea Treaty

Two Senate Armed Services Committee Members Announce Opposition In Letter To Majority Leader Harry Reid, Saying “No International Organization Owns The Seas”

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member on the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in which they announced their opposition to Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Citing significant concerns about the breadth and ambiguity of the treaty, and more importantly, the risks to U.S. sovereignty due to issues regarding enforcement and adjudication, the two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee stated, “After careful consideration, we have concluded that on balance this treaty is not in the national interest of the United States. As a result, we would oppose the treaty if it were called up for a vote.”

Portman and Ayotte continued, “We simply are not persuaded that decisions by the International Seabed Authority and international tribunals empowered by this treaty will be more favorable to U.S. interests than bilateral negotiations, voluntary arbitration, and other traditional means of resolving maritime issues. No international organization owns the seas, and we are confident that our country will continue to protect its navigational freedom, valid territorial claims, and other maritime rights.”

Because the Constitution requires 67 affirmative votes for the Senate to ratify a treaty, and 31 senators have previously signed a letter in opposition and a 32nd senator announced his opposition, Portman and Ayotte’s announcement makes efforts to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty dead in the water in this Congress.

 

[ebod]

Tennessee may have the worst Republican senator tandem in the country. I don't understand how they get re-elected?

I can top that with Feinstein & Boxer here in California. Added negative bonus Pelosi.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I randomly ran into Teh Collins as he was entering the building that Bailout Bob was speaking in. When I asked him what he was doing and why he had a camera he just smiled and pointed at a Hybrid SUV and said "do you know who's car that is?" When I said 'no' he told me to check out the forums for the video. Well done sir.

What does that mean?

 

[Keith and stuff]

I can top that with Feinstein & Boxer here in California. Added negative bonus Pelosi.

Well of course. Even the worst Republican US Senator isn't as bad as the least bad Democratic US Senator

 

[Brent Pierce]

What does that mean?

It means I was walking by when Matt Collins was about to shoot this video.

 

[FrankRep]

The number of senators against the Law of the Sea Treaty will increase in January, but Democrats may try to ram the treaty through before they get there.​

More LOST Opponents Coming to Senate -- but Will They Be Too Late?


The New American
09 November 2012


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