# Kamala Harris: Whether the federal government should ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

State: position changed claims consistency

Scope: Federal policy on banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the United States.

Canonical: https://kleory.com/p/kamala-harris/positions/federal-fracking-ban/

## Then

> There's no question I'm in favor of banning fracking, so yes.

2019-09-04 · U.S. Senator for California; Democratic presidential candidate

CNN Climate Crisis Town Hall — answer to audience question on a day-one federal fracking ban

Source: https://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1909/04/se.03.html

## Now

> No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020, that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking.

2024-08-29 · Vice President of the United States; Democratic presidential nominee

CNN interview with Dana Bash (Savannah, GA, with Tim Walz) — asked if she still wants to ban fracking

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript