let's talk about fracking because we're here in Pennsylvania I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking I have not banned fracking as vice president United States and in fact I Was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act which opened new leases for fracking let's take her answer in pieces she has not banned fracking as vice president true it's also not in her power as vice president about being the tiebreaking vote that opened new leases for fracking let's look at the numbers in the first year of the Biden Harris presidency in 2021 new oil and gas leases on public lands dropped from where it was at 900 to 407 then dropped considerably and in the first year after her tiebreaking vote the number of new leases bumped up just a little bit in 2023