Here’s a video from CEI explaining the pitfalls of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). Wish Senator Corker and his staffers had watched this before voting to pass this treaty out of the Foreign Relations Committee!

About the Law of the Sea Treaty

The United Nations has gone through some tough times recently, from allegations that peacekeeping operations are chock full of waste and abuse to news headlines about U.N. mismanagement of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program. Its image battered, the U.N. is now turning to the United States Senate to deliver some good news (to it, at least) by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty (which goes by the wonderful acronym LOST). LOST operates under the assumption that any minerals in the ocean floor constitute the “common heritage” of all mankind — and therefore cannot be the property of any one individual, company, or nation.

This treaty is an affront to American national sovereignty. It would give the United Nations authority over much of the world’s oceans, including the power to regulate and tax deep-sea mining, and redistribute the proceeds to Third World governments. Moreover, its “hortatory language” provisions are a loaded weapon that activist trial lawyers could easily wield to force the U.S. to adopt laws that the American people’s elected representatives otherwise would not.

It’s not too late Senator Corker, oh and the same goes to you Senator Alexander. All you have to do is LISTEN and hear what is said. No reading required.

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