WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A former U.S. House of Representatives page said coworkers were uneasy about former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's behavior in his congressional freshman year in 1995.
Mark Beck-Heyman told The Washington Post warnings were circulated to steer clear of Foley, R-Fla., after he began inviting pages to his office for ice cream in notes and e-mail.
Foley resigned his House seat last Friday after ABC News reported he had been sending sexually suggestive messages to other pages. Sunday night, he announced he was entering to an alcohol rehabilitation clinic.
Beck-Heyman is a graduate student in clinical psychology at George Washington University and told the Post he was Republican but now works with the Democrats.
"Mark Foley knew that he could get away with this type of behavior with male pages because he was a congressman," said Beck-Heyman. "But many people on Capitol Hill," including many Republican staff members, "have known for over 11 years about what was going on and chose to do nothing."
