U.S. Rep. Rick Allen last week praised President Donald Trump's executive order to reverse an EPA rule that defined the "Waters of the United States" for purposes of enforcing the Clean Water Act. In fact, Allen had introduced legislation in February also aimed at repealing the rule. Trump, Allen and other Republicans, as well as some farm and industry organizations, have criticized the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, rule, as extreme regulatory overreach.