Committee on Environment and Public Works. Oversight hearing: "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea".
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
406 Dirksen
2:00 PM
Opening Statements:
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma
Sen. John W. Warner, of Virginia
Sen. George V. Voinovich, of Ohio
Sen. Lincoln Chafee, of Rhode Island
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska
Sen. Craig Thomas, of Wyoming
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont
Witnesses:
Sen. Ted Stevens, of Alaska
The Honorable John F. Turner
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Department of State
Frank Gaffney Jr.
President and CEO
The Center for Security Policy
Paul L. Kelly
Senior Vice President, Rowan Companies, Inc.
Member, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
Dr. Peter Leitner
Author, "Reforming the Law of the Sea Treaty: Opportunities Missed, Precedents Set, and U.S. Sovereignty Threatened"
Bernard H. Oxman
Professor of Law
Director, Ocean and Coastal Law Program
University of Miami, School of Law
Statements submitted for the record:
David Benton, Benton and Associates, Juneau, Alaska
Adm. James D. Watkins (Retired)
Adm. Vern Clark, Chief, Naval Operations
American Petroleum Institute, International Association of Drilling Contractors, National Ocean Industries Association
Chamber of Shipping of America
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
The Ocean Conservancy, and several other organizations supporting the LOS Convention
Center for SeaChange
