U.S. mulling pausing federal gas tax as option to cut prices, energy secretary says

FILE PHOTO: Strategic Petroleum Reserve site at Bayou Choctaw, Louisiana

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden was evaluating a pause on federal gas tax as one of the options to bring down prices.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington' Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)