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The Limits of Shame

I just left Chicago. We held a Special Judiciary Committee hearing examining the city’s out-of-control crime. In my five minutes, I noted that the shameful situation in Chicago is similar to SF and LA – and that this should never happen anywhere in America.

This hearing comes amid growing fallout from my cross-examination of Merrick Garland. Biden now finds himself in an awkward position: his Attorney General and FBI Director gave contradictory sworn testimony on one of the greatest abuses of power ever.

Tomorrow, I’m chairing an oversight hearing of Newsom’s former COVID workplace czar, who has failed up to the same role for Biden. I plan to question him about the illegal employer vaccine mandate. Incredibly, the Administration is currently proposing new COVID work rules.

Meanwhile, a debate between Newsom and Ron DeSantis has been announced for November 30 on Fox News. I’ve shared a list of ten questions to ask Newsom and am also planning a live fact check of his sophistry during the debate.

Newsom actually did something right yesterday: He signed SB 14. Two months ago I chided him for having "nothing to say about the Legislature voting that child trafficking is not a serious felony." The next day, he came out in favor of the bill. Sometimes, public shaming works.

Another example: Newsom just signed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse the 9th Circuit’s Boise decision, which is a barrier to clearing homeless encampments. Newsom of course just wants a scapegoat; still, Boise is a major problem and needs to be overruled.

On the other hand: the Legislature adjourned for the year without suspending the gas tax, even though gas prices in California are now $2 above the national average and 72 cents higher than the next closest state. Shaming has its limits when dealing with the truly shameless.

Kevin Kiley
California Congressman

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The COVID Memory Hole

The Biden Administration is rewriting the history of COVID. Yesterday, the official responsible for the illegal employee vaccine mandate – which targeted 84 million Americans until the Supreme Court struck it down – tried to deny it ever happened.

This came during a hearing I chaired of the Workforce Subcommittee. The official, David Parker, is head of the "OSHA" agency, which formally enacted Biden’s vaccine mandate in November of 2021. Yet Parker testified: "we didn’t demand anyone be fired."

This follows HHS Secretary Becerra saying "we didn’t force anyone to do anything," despite imposing a toddler mask mandate, and Education Secretary Cardona baldly lying about his past promotion of child vaccine mandates.

To make sure they don’t get away with this, I’ve put together a short video showing the false testimony of Parker, Becerra, and Cardona. The video is on track to receive millions of views across platforms. You can watch it here and share it on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The concerted effort to rewrite history is telling. It shows we have won the debate. The unthinkable abuses of the COVID era can’t be justified, so the perpetrators are trying to send them down an Orwellian memory hole. Then, they’ll all-too-readily do the same thing again.

Parker, the OSHA head for Biden, previously held the same position in California for Newsom. In my opening statement at the hearing, I reviewed how his and Newsom’s abuses were the worst anywhere – including the most ridiculous mask policy of the whole COVID era.

Along with Julie Su, Parker is another example of Newsom’s failures going national. With these two perverse trends – to rewrite the history of COVID and to spread California’s politics nationwide – our fight for sanity is more important than ever.

Kevin Kiley
California Congressman

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