Rep. Adam Schiff, who is running for Senate in California, reiterated Sunday that he would support a ban on fracking, differentiating himself from Vice President Kamala Harris’ stance while acknowledging that Harris is seeking to represent a broader constituency.
“I favor banning fracking, and I strongly believe that the pathway to attacking climate change is to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. But look, I’m not the Vice President of the United States and I do think that when you are representing the whole country you have a different perspective,” Schiff said to Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
During a September 2019 climate crisis town hall hosted by CNN, Harris was asked whether she would commit to implementing a federal ban on fracking on her first day in office.
“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking, and starting with what we can do on Day 1 around public lands,” Harris said at the time.