Expressing the Sense of the House That a Chinese State-Owned Energy Company Could Take Action That Would Threaten the United States
EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE THAT A CHINESE STATE-OWNED ENERGY COMPANY COULD TAKE ACTION THAT WOULD THREATEN THE UNITED STATES -- (House of Representatives - June 30, 2005)
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(Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I had hoped to come to the well to speak on a bipartisan resolution. Given the preceding remarks from the well, it may be difficult for international observers to detect the bipartisanship. Rather than succumb to the temptation of snappy rejoinders in the field of domestic political debate, rather than use this time as a pretext for a campaign screed that would criticize the opposing party instead of deal with the resolution at hand, rather than rephrase history about troubling campaign donations that emanated from the People's Republic of China, perhaps it is best, Mr. Speaker, to deal with the resolution at hand, and find some common agreement, apart from the grandstanding and campaigning that is so easily enjoined.
Fact number one: just as Dwight Eisenhower warned America about the growing influence of a military industrial complex, the fact is, there is a political business military complex in the martial markets of communist China. What do I mean by that? The communist Chinese do not enjoy free markets. They, instead, have a program of martial markets. American investment is kept in minority status; and every application, from the most innocuous widget to the fried chicken drumstick, eventually brings proceeds to the Chinese Red Army. And now we have the most graphic example, where the Chinese-owned energy company, with government, Communist government investment, seeks to buy an American oil company.
It has been said that information is power. Energy literally is power. Early in the 21st century, though we may look to new technological advantages, the fact is this: a nation that surrenders its energy concerns, its energy technology is a nation inviting vulnerability. And so I would enjoin Members of this House, Mr. Speaker, as tempting as political debate and one-upsmanship might be, not to succumb to the temptation, not to stand as Republicans or Democrats or Independent or Libertarians or vegetarians, but to stand as Americans. Support this resolution because we dare not yield our energy future to the Communist Chinese.
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