WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Democratic lawmaker on Thursday said he would ask federal officials to investigate reported threats by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke regarding Alaska energy policy to retaliate against opposition from one of the state's Republican senators to efforts to repeal Obamacare.
U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives' Committee on Natural Resources, said an investigation is necessary and called Zinke's actions unethical.
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