Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

He was re-elected in 2000 with 60 percent of the vote against Democrat Jean Elliott Brown and Reform Party candidate John McGuire.

"[11] In late 2000, Foley played a large role in aiding George W. Bush during the Presidential election recount controversy in Florida.

A few weeks later, he withdrew his candidacy, saying his father's battle with cancer had caused him to reassess his perspective on life (the seat was later won by Republican Mel Martinez).

As it was written, the bill would have prohibited commercial photography of children and it failed due to the unmanageable burden it would have presented to the legitimate entertainment industry.

[20] Foley's legislation to change federal sex offender laws was supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, America's Most Wanted host John Walsh and a number of victims' rights groups.

President Bush signed it into law as part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

Although he professes to be Roman Catholic Foley was a member of The Republican Majority For Choice which does not believe there should be any restriction on abortion.

[22] Foley was a member of Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too and the Republican Main Street Partnership.

According to the National Journal's calculations, in 2005, Foley's voting record on social policy issues was moderate.

[26] Foley worked to pass legislation to help surviving heirs of Holocaust victims who have been unable to collect on life insurance policies owed to them.

[31] Fordham then informed Reynolds and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert; he returned with a one-sentence resignation letter that Foley signed.

Hastert said in an October 2 press conference that he would have demanded Foley's expulsion from the House had he tried to stay in office.

[36] (Ironically, Hastert himself was described by a Federal District Court judge as a "serial child molester"[37] and jailed in 2016 for illegally structuring bank withdrawals in an attempt to hide his own sexual abuse of four high school boys during his pre-Congressional career [38]).

Even if Foley had tried to get his seat back, polls showed him losing badly to his Democratic opponent, Tim Mahoney.

[45] On October 19, 2006, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune stated that a disgraced abusive homosexual Catholic priest named Anthony Mercieca[46] told the newspaper about an intimate two-year relationship he had with Foley when the congressman was a teenage altar boy living in Lake Worth, Florida.

[48] Florida officials closed the investigation of Foley, stating they found "insufficient evidence" to file criminal charges since the page was over the age of consent (16).

[59] After several years removed from the public eye, Foley resurfaced as a supporter of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, appearing behind him in a crowd at one of his rallies.