Kevin Kiley: “I rise today to announce I am introducing the gas price reduction act or the gas tax reduction act, I should say, which…”

“I rise today to announce I am introducing the gas price reduction act or the gas tax reduction act, I should say, which will lower the price of gas for California residents. The reality of life in California is this: We have the highest cost of living of any State in the country. We are the most unaffordable State. A big reason for that is because our gas prices are so much higher than anywhere else in the country. There are various reasons why they are so much higher. In fact, they are going to get even higher with refinery closures that are happening, but a big part of the equation is that we have a much higher gas tax than anywhere else in the United States--71 cents per gallon. All of this money, by the way, is supposed to be going toward transportation, so you would think we would have these beautiful roads throughout California, but quite the contrary, our roads are routinely rated as among the very worst in the country. When you pay the highest gas tax while driving over the deepest potholes, something is very wrong. I have introduced a simple bill that puts a national cap on State gas taxes.”