To paraphrase Rogers, the benefits of U.S. ratification of the treaty include locking in “critical navigational rights,” strengthening “the ability of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard to do their job and work with others to protect U.S. interests,” allowing the U.S. access to seabed resources on the U.S. extended continental shelf, and putting the U.S. “in a position of strength and restore its maritime leadership in strategic regions around the globe, including the Arctic and the South China Sea.”
Furthermore, as mentioned often during the testimonies, nearly all major stakeholders in the United States, including the U.S. military leadership, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oil and gas companies and environmental organizations (not to mention the past five Democratic and Republican Administrations), have urged the Senate to ratify the treaty. Even former high-profile opponents, such as the previous Speaker of the House of Representatives Trent Lott, has publicly emerged as an advocate of ratification.
In other words, there’s a lot of support for this treaty.