ChainCatcher reported that U.S. Vice President Harris said that if elected president, she would not stop hydraulic fracturing, changing her previous attitude against most of the current oil and gas production technology in the United States. "As vice president, I did not ban hydraulic fracturing." Harris said in an interview on Thursday, which was the clearest statement she had made on the issue since becoming a Democratic candidate. "As president, I would not ban hydraulic fracturing."