Samuel Bodman
Samuel Bodman
Samuel Wright Bodman IIIis the former 11th United States Secretary of Energy. He was previously the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 November 1938
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We've also begun working with other agencies on planning, even before the storm came ashore, and have been in close contact with the state and local authorities assessing the overall impact of this storm on our nation's power infrastructure,
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With the Reserve fully operational, we will be able to start delivering this oil as soon as tomorrow,
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We're going to go through a very challenging time the next six months, is my guess, ... Both in terms of gasoline availability and (prices of) natural gas and heating oil, we're going to have some problems.
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We are prepared to do what is necessary with regards to the strategic reserves,
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There are concerns about the supply of natural gas,
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I would expect there to be some decline in price but that is a function of the marketplace,
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Look, the Bush administration is not going to come up with a number. I can tell you what my view is, and I'd like to have another 10 percent of capacity today, ... But that could come either abroad or could come here, but I would like to have something that, in a better world, would relieve some of the pressure on these facilities.
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Many oil producing countries do not operate in a manner consistent with U.S. federal law, but they are not based here.
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Our job is to get the infrastructure going again,
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Over the next few days, we will continue to gain more information on the specific needs and then be able to make a better determination on how we can help,
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We have all but four refineries now back on stream and functioning,
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We recognize there are some bad actors that may be to take advantage of the situation,
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We are committed to doing everything in our power to meet the immediate needs of those directly affected by Hurricane Katrina. By utilizing the resources of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, we will help minimize any potential supply disruptions as a result of the hurricane,
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We have made it known that we are facing shortfalls in available supplies of refined products in our country as a consequence of this storm,