52 Quotes by Samuel Bodman

We are prepared to do what is necessary with regards to the strategic reserves,

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,

There are concerns about the supply of natural gas,

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.

With the Reserve fully operational, we will be able to start delivering this oil as soon as tomorrow,

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.

Many oil producing countries do not operate in a manner consistent with U.S. federal law, but they are not based here.

I would expect there to be some decline in price but that is a function of the marketplace,

I believe that the people who run the private sector, who run these companies, they do have children, they do have grandchildren, they do live and breathe in the world. It's a matter of working with the leadership of these companies and seeking their participation.