WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), today pressed administration officials on the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) during a hearing that featured Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey.

“For the first time in U.S. history, LOST will create an international body that can tax this country,” said Inhofe. “Royalties, despite the misinformation that Chairman Kerry provided, will go from the U.S. Treasury to an international group located in Kingston, Jamaica...