When the Adam Walsh Act (HR 4472) was sent back to the House by the Senate, a handful of Congressmen stood up and asked Hastert to suspend the rules so the AWA did not have to go to a full vote with the House.

These representatives all sponsored some plank of the AWA.

Foley was one of these Congressmen.

Bobby Scott[D-VA]-alone-stood up against the AWA, citing, "This does not release us from the responsibility to legislate on a sound and reasoned basis. I believe the situation is serious and grave enough to warrant a bill that is based on approaches that have been proven to reduce this scourge in our society, not on sound bites that will merely pander to our emotions."

A lone voice of sanity.

Thousands of Americans already impacted by the individual state's highly restrictive offender laws-that also impact nonoffending family members- faxed Hastert request after request after request to please NOT SUSPEND THE RULES for the Adam Walsh Act.

Of course, Hastert chose to go ahead and allow this handful of elected officials to vote this horrendous AWA into law, just in time to be signed by our Prez on the 25th anniversary of Adam's disappearance.

We now know that Hastert knew about Foley for one solid year, allowed him to keep the Co-Chair position, and ignored the request of countless American citizens, to honor a simple citizen request that United States Congressmen actually follow procedures.... and Hastert suspended the rules anyway.

A severe clear case of conflict of interest