In rare Republican rebuke, Grassley blasts Scott's DCF
By MARC CAPUTO 03/14/2018 08:24 PM EDT
The Senate’s Judiciary Committee chairman issued a rare public criticism of fellow Republican Rick Scott’s child-welfare agency on Wednesday, saying the governor's proposal “dropped the ball” and “let the American people down” along with law enforcement in the run-up to the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The stinging remarks from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) marked the most strident and highest profile criticisms of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, whose interactions with accused shooter Nikolas Cruz have been overshadowed by Republican criticisms of the FBI and Broward County’s Democratic sheriff, Scott Israel.
Grassley’s criticisms also could have a political dimension as well now that Scott is eyeing a bid for Senate this year. Grassley only mentioned Scott in passing as he zeroed in on DCF secretary Michael Carroll and Israel, who both deny wrongdoing, for failing to appear before the committee.
“By thumbing their noses at Congress, Sheriff Israel and Secretary Carroll have let the American people down and also the citizens of Florida that they serve,” Grassley said in his opening remarks.
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