Congress man Foley (R) Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

[rman]

Congress man Foley (R) Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors
September 29, 2006 3:02 PM
Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/foley_resigns_o.html

Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18.

A spokesman for Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, said the congressman submitted his resignation in a letter late this afternoon to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Police fail at missing-child reporting
Dozens of departments aren't following federal law, investigation shows
Monday, May 16, 2005
http://www.operationlookout.org/lookoutmag/Police_Fail.htm
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Florida Rep. Mark Foley, a vocal advocate for missing children, said he was surprised with the results of the study.

"How can we find missing children if they are not reported up the chain of command? We track library books better than we track our missing children. Kids are being allowed to fall through the cracks," said Foley, co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.
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As i've said before: The foxes are having a party inside the hen-house.

[rman]

1. never mind

:)

[leftchick]

2. he is a good buddy of repuke John Walsh

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Children

As a founder and co-chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, Mark has been instrumental in the development and passage of legislation designed to protect our children.

He authored legislation that became law -- the Volunteers for Children Act -- that gives volunteer organizations that work with children, such as scouting and sports groups, access to FBI fingerprint-based background checks to ensure that they are not inadvertently hiring child molesters.

He has also cosponsored legislation toughening the penalties levied at those who hurt children and, most recently, has joined forces with the Administration and Congress to fight child predators. His Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which has passed both the House and Senate, will overhaul the way we track and monitor predatory pedophiles. He has also introduced and cosponsored legislation designed to eliminate child pornography and exploitive child modeling web sites.

Over the years, Mark also has worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and John Walsh (host of Fox TV’s America’s Most Wanted) on a variety of child protection programs. Among the latest of these is a program designed to show children how to protect themselves from online predators.

http://www.house.gov/foley/issues/children.htm

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. So why did ABC go after one of the fold?

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