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Kevin Kiley: “The Gas Tax Reduction act would save Californians at least…”

Featuring: Kevin Kiley, Republican | U.S. House California, District 3

'The Governor Had No Answer!': Kevin Kiley Rips Gavin Newsom Over CA Cost Of Living, Gas Prices

Published February 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:01

I've introduced the Gas Tax Reduction act here in the House, which would place a national cap on how much a state can The Gas Tax Reduction act would save Californians at least 21 cents a gallon. right off the bat. So unsurprisingly, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has come out against it. (03:01–03:07)

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Asserts that the Gas Tax Reduction Act would reduce gas prices by at least 21 cents per gallon in California.

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“California is now importing gasoline from the Bahamas.”
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“California has the highest poverty rate in the entire country [according to the Census Bureau's measure of the real poverty rate].”
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“The CEO of the California High Speed Rail Authority was recently arrested and placed on leave.”
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“Despite spending $17 billion over 17 years, there has been no track laid [for the California High Speed Rail].”
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“The U.S. Department of Transportation did a recent compliance review that this [California High Speed Rail] project has no viable path…”
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“There was a bipartisan vote to cut off all further federal funding for high speed rail.”
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“The so-called wealth tax being proposed in California has now caused individuals worth a combined $1 trillion by some estimates to leave the…”
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“The wealth tax would confiscate 5% of an individual's net worth if they're worth more than $1 billion.”
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“It would actually go after people who have already left the state if they had been in California within a year of the measure's enactment.”
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“Any country that has tried any such wealth tax has actually repealed it, because it's had the opposite of the intended effect.”
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“A second illegal bio lab run by Chinese nationals was discovered in Las Vegas.”
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“The lab in Reedley was run by the same international fugitive with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.”
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“They also had genetically modified transgenic mice in this facility in Reedley.”
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“They had a freezer that was labeled Ebola at that Reedley facility.”
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“Gas prices in California have risen by about 40 cents over the last month.”
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“Gas prices in California average $4.63, where the national average is $2.97.”
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“California's gas prices are by far the highest in the country.”
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“California's gas prices are 23 cents higher than the next highest state, Hawaii.”
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“California has the highest in the nation gas tax.”
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“Maryland's state average for gas is $2.98, $1.65 cheaper than in California.”
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“California's taxes are supposed to be going towards roads, yet we're rated as having among the worst roads in the country.”
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“I've introduced the Gas Tax Reduction act here in the House.”
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“Governor Gavin Newsom has come out against [the Gas Tax Reduction act].”
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“David Fungston, a serial child molester, has been granted early release.”
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“The Elderly Parole Program grants eligibility for parole to individuals over the age of 50.”
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“Governor Gavin Newsom signed [the Elderly Parole Program expansion] into law.”
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“California has the highest cost of living in the country.”
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“Governor Gavin Newsom had no answer when asked why California has the highest cost of living.”
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“California has the highest unemployment rate and among the lowest rates of wage growth.”
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“California taxes its citizens more than any state.”
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“California regulates its businesses more than any state.”
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“California has the most onerous regulations on gas and electricity and energy.”
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“The Newsom administration ultimately spent $450 million building this new 911 system which is needed.”
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“The Newsom administration has just announced it is scrapping the entire [911 system] project because the technology doesn't work.”
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“I've introduced the Keep Jobs in California act to preempt the most blatantly unconstitutional provision of this measure, the one that would…”
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“This follows the lab that was found in Reedley, California a couple of years ago.”
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“The US Congress needs to act with urgency in considering and passing this legislation that we've introduced.”
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