Kevin Kiley: This Is Why 'The Moment Of Reckoning For California Governor Gavin Newsom Has Arrived'

On the House floor, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) called out Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over his healthcare policies.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, the moment of reckoning for California Governor Gavin Newsom has arrived.

00:14While I have been fighting to protect Medicaid benefits for Californians,

00:19the Governor's irresponsible actions are now threatening deep cuts for Medicaid in California.

00:26You see, Newsom has made California the only state that offers Medicaid to everyone in the state illegally.

00:33That has already cost us $9.5 billion just this year in state funds,

00:39and now it also threatens to cost us even more in federal funds.

00:44Governor Newsom faces a very clear choice.

00:47He can continue a policy that no other state has and cost us hundreds of billions of dollars

00:53in Medicaid benefits that could have gone to legal California residents over the next decade,

00:59or he can act now to reverse this irresponsible policy.

01:03I am strongly urging the Governor and the Legislature to do the latter immediately.

01:09I yield back.

01:11For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Vermont seek recognition?

01:16I ask consensus.