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A bill proposes to increase the proportion of ethanol in gas to lower prices

Would adding more ethanol to gasoline lower prices at the pump? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bloomberg reporter Elizabeth Elkin about a bill that would allow 15% ethanol blends year-round.

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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.