
US President Joe Biden will call on Congress in a speech on June 22 to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, senior administration officials said.
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Biden will call for 3-month suspension of gas tax, though officials acknowledge it 'alone won't fix the problem'
President Joe Biden will call on Congress in a speech Wednesday to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, senior administration officials said, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices.

