I approved a company's request for loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, ... I fully expect that the details of that loan will be released later today.

I can't speak to that, ... The private sector makes all those decisions.

By applying this technique to the oil fields of Western Canada, we would see billions of additional barrels of oil and a reduction in Co2 emissions equivalent to pulling more than 200 million cars off the road for a year,

I hope the CEOs of the energy companies use that (hearing) as an opportunity to make their case, tell the story of just what it is they are planning on reinvesting in this sector,

I've heard a number of proposals on what might be done to fortify this operation,

That is not something I would be in favor of. That would be the equivalent of some kind of windfall profits tax,

It's a fact of life that Americans are responding to and getting used to,

There will be disruptions, ... How long they will last, I simply don't know.

This administration has been clear that SPR is a national asset that can be used in times of supply disruption, like a natural disaster,

This effort will provide consumers, industry and federal agencies with a variety of energy savings ideas, which if done properly, can yield significant savings,