[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1065 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1065

           Raising a question of the privilege of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

 Ms. Pelosi submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Raising a question of the privilege of the House.

Whereas for more than 150 years, parents from across the country have sent their 
        children to be pages in the U.S. Capitol, the Page School is a national 
        treasure, and the children who attend it and work in the Congress are 
        our special trust;
Whereas, according to press reports, Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) reportedly 
        engaged in highly inappropriate and explicit communications with a 
        former underage page;
Whereas these allegations were so severe that Representative Foley immediately 
        resigned his seat;
Whereas the page worked for Congressman Rodney Alexander (R-FL) and, according 
        to press reports, Representative Alexander learned of the emails ``10 to 
        11 months ago'' (AP, September 29, 2006);
Whereas Rep. Alexander has said, ``We also notified the House leadership that 
        there might be a potential problem'', and the Democratic leadership was 
        not informed (AP, September 29, 2006);
Whereas all Members of Congress have a responsibility to protect their 
        employees, especially young pages who serve this institution;
Whereas these charges demand immediate investigation, including when the emails 
        were sent, who knew of the emails, whether there was a pattern of 
        inappropriate activity by Mr. Foley involving email or other contacts 
        with pages, when the Republican leadership was notified, and what 
        corrective action was taken once officials learned of any improper 
        activity; and
Whereas given the serious nature of these charges, the pages, their parents, the 
        public, and our colleagues must be assured that such egregious behavior 
        is not tolerated and will never happen again: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That--
            (1) the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct are directed to immediately 
        appoint a Subcommittee, pursuant to Rule 19 of the Rules of the 
        Committee, to fully and expeditiously determine the facts 
        connected with Representative Foley's conduct and the response 
        thereto; and
            (2) the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
        Committee on Standards are further directed to make a 
        preliminary report within ten days.
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