OSDOL TONIGHT IS GETTING THE FACTS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES CLAIMS. FRACKING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, BUT ALSO CAUSING CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD MULTIPLE EXCHANGES ABOUT FRACKING, BUT SOME OF THEIR CLAIMS WERE INACCURATE, AND SHE WILL NEVER ALLOW FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA. IF SHE WON THE ELECTION. FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA WILL END ON DAY ONE. THIS IS FALSE. ALMOST ALL OF THE FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA IS ON PRIVATE LAND, SO HARRIS COULD NOT BAN IT EVEN IF SHE WANTED TO. I HAVE NOT BANNED FRACKING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND IN FACT, I WAS THE TIE BREAKING VOTE ON THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WHICH OPENED NEW LEASES FOR FRACKING NEEDS. CONTEXT AS VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO BAN FRACKING. THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT DID OPEN NEW LEASES FOR FRACKING ON GOVERNMENT LAND, BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO END OIL AND GAS LEASES ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. FRACKING. SHE'S BEEN AGAINST IT FOR 12 YEARS, MISLEADING. IN 2016, AS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL, HARRIS SUED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR ALLOWING FRACKING ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. SHE CONTINUED TO OPPOSE FRACKING WHEN SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2019. BUT IN 2020, SHE JOINED THE TICKET WITH JOE BIDEN, WHO WAS PRO FRACKING SINCE BECOMING THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE THIS YEAR, HARRIS HAS SAID SHE WILL NOT BAN FRACKING. THE GAS INDUSTRY SAYS IT SUPPORTS MORE THAN 100,000 JOBS IN PENNSYLVANIA. ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY THE JOB NUMBERS ARE MU