; and Whereas former Commander of United States Pacific Command, retired Admiral Dennis Blair, stated that if we want to focus on the Asia-Pacific going forward, we’re going to have to find a way to pass the Law of the Sea because it does hurt us and it is striking to us that the Chinese have signed and they’re obligated but don’t want to do it, and that we have not signed but want them to do it, right? So it’s ironical to many in the region on July 13, 2016, before the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cyber Security of the Committee on Foreign Services of the Senate: Now, therefore, be it