(DC BUREAU) – Without an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies before they expire at the end of the month, millions of Americans could see skyrocketing health care costs. "What that means is for tens of thousands of my constituents, 22 million Americans, you're going to be paying thousands of dollars more for healthcare," Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) said in an interview Monday. Kiley said Speaker Mike Johnson's plan, which doesn't extend the credits, is unlikely to become law, and neither is Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' three-year extension. "What we need is a compromise. And that's the basic problem here is an unwillingness to compromise. The Speaker won't even bring anything related to the extensions to the floor," Kiley said. "And the Minority Leader is unwilling to consider any of these compromise bills that have been offered by Democrats and Republicans alike." Kiley sponsored one of those bipartisan bills, the "Fix It Act," to extend the tax credits for two years and pay for the extension with other reforms. "Leadership is not coming from the actual leadership in the House. It's a group of us members who are trying to sort of reclaim Congress's legislative authority and get the House to lead on this issue," Kiley said. Democrats gained some momentum Wednesday, when four moderate Republicans, not including Kiley, signed a petition to force a vote on a three-year extension. Kiley's been at odds with House leadership other times this year, too, calling out Speaker Johnson for not bringing his bill to ban mid-decade redistricting to the floor and keeping the House out of session nearly two months during the shutdown. When asked if he thinks Speaker Johnson is the right leader for Republicans, Kiley said, "We'll revisit that in about a year after the next election, when every time Congress begins a new term, the leadership is chosen anew." According to Kiley, lawmakers' inaction only hurts Americans' confidence that Congress can get things done. "The American people should not be forced to suffer, to pay this very high cost because Congress fails to act," Kiley said. Asked about his leadership on Wednesday, Speaker Johnson insisted he has not lost control of the House.