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Article: U.S. Rep. Mark Foley resigns amid charges he sent sexually explicit e-mails to congressional pages

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October 5, 2006
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"We track library books better than we do sexual predators" - Rep. Mark Foley, referring to the critical need to pass the Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act of 2006.

Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), 52, a long-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a political icon in Palm Beach County, resigned Friday, Sept. 29, ending a stellar political career amid egregious charges that he sent a number of sexually graphic e-mails and instant messages to current and former congressional pages including a then 16-year-old youth who said he was sickened and "freaked out" by some of the e-mails which continued after he left Washington D.C. and returned to Louisiana, including a request ...

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