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Lou Dobbs:

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted today to support ratification of an international treaty that opponents say is a serious threat to our national sovereignty. The so-called Law of the Sea Treaty will put the world's oceans under the control of an unaccountable group of international bureaucrats. One of the treaty's leading critics is Senator Jeff Sessions, who tonight said: "It's unthinkable to yield so much of our sovereignty to a large international body."

The full Senate is expected to consider this treaty over the next few weeks, the Senate trying to sneak this treaty through. It has the support, by the way, of the U.S. Navy. It is utter madness and it is being -- this one -- this one is, thanks to both parties, you can love a Republican and you can love a Democrat for this one. It is utter nuts and madness.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/31/ldt.01.html

Senator Sessions' full statement:

"I am disappointed that the Senate Foreign Relations committee today favorably reported out the Law of the Sea Treaty. The treaty was written 25 years ago during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As President Reagan recognized then, the treaty was a bad deal for America. That remains true today.

"Many nations have signed the treaty, and we should of course seek to work together when it is mutually beneficial to establish reasonable procedures governing the world's seas. But it would be unthinkable to yield so much of our sovereignty to a large international body in which we have disproportionately small representation. To do so would be a gift to those that one day may disagree with American policy or become hostile to our national interests. I look forward to a robust debate on the merits and serious dangers of the Law of the Sea Treaty if it is brought to the floor of the Senate for ratification."