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By Kevin Kiley – May 26, 2026
Newsom is now calling for Californians to buy gas anywhere but Chevron. What would be much more helpful is if we could buy gas anywhere but California. With prices now $6.11 per gallon, our plan to suspend the gas tax is even being embraced by Democrat candidates for Governor.
In a similar vein, KCRA is reporting that “almost all of the top candidates for governor” say they want to “scrap” Newsom’s gas-car ban. I’ve got good news for them: we already scrapped it. My Resolution overturning the ban passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support.
We also, of course, cut off Newsom’s high-speed rail funding. Now we’re going to get answers as to how the state could spend $17 billion over 17 years without laying any track. In a nearly unanimous vote, we just authorized a full investigation and comprehensive report to Congress.
Our coalition for common sense, in short, is ascendent. And it’s no wonder why. As I discussed on Morning Joe, Californians pay the most for gas, electricity, housing, water, and groceries. Our movement is about fighting the failed policies that led to this – and restoring sanity to our state.
Yet our state’s leaders continue to invent new ways to harm Californians. For instance, in a measure I sponsored, last year we passed the most significant school choice legislation in congressional history. Yet Newsom is now actively stopping California students from benefitting.
As K-12 Education Chair, I’m calling on Newsom to opt California into this new Federal Tax Credit Scholarship program, which allows taxpayers to claim up to a $1,700 credit to support scholarships that can be used by students in any kind of school. Even New York just opted in.
Finally, on CNN and Fox, I called out Hakeem Jeffries for saying he’ll escalate gerrymandering with “maximum warfare all the time” – after previously saying he’d support my idea to ban it. As much as common sense is needed in California, there’s quite a shortage in DC as well.
Help me fight for Common Sense
Kevin Kiley is a California Congressman
