Honorable John Kerry
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Kerry was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He is chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from a May 23, 2012, statement during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “The Law of the Sea Convention: The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification.” Some of us have had the opportunity in the past to evaluate this treaty and even to vote on it in this committee. I am personally deeply supportive of it, and I believe it is now more urgent than ever that we ratify it because to remain…
