Ethics Panel Hears From Page Supervisor

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The House page program supervisor was questioned by Wednesday as internal investigators undertook closed-door interviews on the handling of ex-Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate approaches to male pages.

Peggy Sampson supervises the unique program that allows high schoolers to attend classes in the congressional page school and also work for lawmakers as assistants. Pages are sponsored by members of Congress.

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A four-member investigative panel of the evenly divided ethics panel is sorting out conflicts — including whether Speaker Dennis Hastert's office learned of the Florida Republican's inappropriate conduct in 2002, 2003 or 2005. All those years were mentioned, depending on who is telling the story.

Kirk Fordham, Foley's one-time chief of staff, is scheduled for questioning Thursday before a House ethics committee investigative panel. He said he notified Hastert chief of staff Scott Palmer in 2002 or 2003 about Foley's inappropriate conduct, and that he subsequently learned that Palmer met with Foley.

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