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 .  