"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt is violating a federal anti-campaigning law with an upcoming Republican fundraiser, a Senate Democrat says.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter Tuesday to Carolyn Lerner, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, seeking an investigation into Pruitt’s plan to be the keynote speaker an Oklahoma Republican Party gala next week.

A flyer for the event first reported Monday by Politico promotes Pruitt, Oklahoma’s former attorney general, largely by his title as EPA administrator. It highlights major steps he has taken since his February confirmation, like beginning the rollback of the EPA’s Clean Water Rule."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill April 25, 2017. [2]