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Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from February 17, 2017, to July 9, 2018, during the Donald Trump presidency, resigning while under at least 14 federal investigations. [2]
Scott Pruitt was elected the Attorney General of Oklahoma in November 2010. As AG, he is dedicated to fighting corruption, safeguarding Oklahoma’s vulnerable citizens, championing public...
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Apr 22, 2018 · Early in Scott Pruitt’s political career, as a state senator from Tulsa, Oklahoma, he attended a gathering at the Oklahoma City home of an influential telecommunications lobbyist who was...
Dec 7, 2016 · Home: Lives in Tulsa; home valued at $1.18 million. Family: Wife, Marlyn; children, McKenna and Cade. Official bio on attorney general's website: "Pruitt established Oklahoma's first federalism unit to combat unwarranted regulation and overreach by the federal government.
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Pruitt grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He earned a baseball scholarship to the University of Kentucky where he attended for one year. He transferred to Georgetown College where he finished his bachelor's degree in communications and political science. Shortly after receiving his law degree from the University of Tulsa, Pruitt joined a Tulsa-based p...
Below is an abbreviated outline of Pruitt's academic, professional, and political career: 1. February 17, 2017-July 6, 2018: Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2. January 10, 2011-February 17, 2017: Attorney General of Oklahoma 3. 2003-2010: Co-owner and managing general partner of the Oklahoma Red Hawks 4. 2003-2007: Member ...
Pruitt was named by President Donald Trump as his choice for EPA administrator on December 8, 2016.He was confirmed by the Senate as EPA administrator on February 17, 2017, by a vote of 52-46. He was sworn in to office the same day.
1. In 2015, Pruitt led Oklahoma in joining more than two dozen other states in a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which required states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through limitations on emissions from power plants. In a National Reviewop-ed from May 2016, Pruitt said, “This EPA regulation, one of the most ambitious ever proposed, will shutter coal-fired power plants, significantly increase the price of electricity for American consumers, and enact by execut...
Waters of the United States Rule
1. Pruitt criticized the Waters of the United Statesrule, which sought to clarify federal jurisdiction over rivers, lakes, marshes, and streams throughout the country. In February 2015, Pruitt told Congress, “The EPA should undoubtedly have a role in solving interstate water quality issues. That role should not, however, be so expansive so as to render virtually every property owner in the nation subject to often unpredictable, unsound, and Byzantine federal regulatory regimes. … Simply put,...
Pruitt served as Oklahoma attorney general from 2011 to 2017. Pruitt won election as the attorney general of Oklahoma on November 2, 2010. The seat was open following Drew Edmondson's decision not to seek re-election. Pruitt ran unopposed for re-election as Oklahoma attorney general in 2014. Pruitt was elected as chairman of the Republican Attorney...
Pruitt served in the Oklahoma State Senatefrom 1999 to 2007. He represented Oklahoma's 36th district and 54th district. He served for four years as assistant Republican floor leader.
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Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. Pruitt and his wife Marlyn have two children, McKenna and Cade.
Mandatory ultrasound bill
In June 2012, Pruitt, as Oklahoma's attorney general, appealed an Oklahoma County District ruling that House Bill 2780 was unconstitutional. The bill would have required any woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound within an hour of the procedure and have it explained to her before the procedure. Three months prior to Pruitt's appeal to have that decision invalidated, Judge Bryan C. Dixon ruled against the law on the grounds that it "improperly is addressed only to patients, physici...
May 10, 2023 · Scott Pruitt, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency and former Oklahoma attorney general, has filed to campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe.
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Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt was elected as the 17th Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma on November 2, 2010. He is the second Republican in the history of the state to hold the office, which oversees 80 attorneys. He is dedicated to fighting corruption, protecting Oklahoma’s vulnerable citizens, championing public safety measures ...
