"Kolbe, James Thomas, a Representative from
Arizona; born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., June 28, 1942; graduated
from United States Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1960; B.A., Northwestern
University, Evanston, Ill., 1965; M.B.A., Stanford University, Stanford,
Calif., 1967; United States Navy, 1967-1969; United States Naval Reserves,
1970-1977; special assistant to Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie, 1972-1973;
business executive; member of the Arizona state senate, 1977-1982; elected
as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1985-present)."
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Jim
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JIM KOLBE News:
20061026
-
 Trandahl
- Kolbe
-  Foley
-  Arizona
-  Florida
- "Trandahl
Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says."
... "A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that
Arizona [Republican] Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small
number of "problem members" of Congress who page program supervisors complained
spent too much time socializing with pages, taking them to dinner or sporting
events outside of official duties." ... "[Florida Republican] Mark Foley
was also on the list." ... "The source said Trandahl frequently cautioned
both congressmen that "adults should hang out with adults, pages should
hang out with pages," a message Trandahl also conveyed to pages during
their orientation." -By Rhonda Schwartz and John Yang
-ABCNEWS.com
20061024
-
 Hastert
- Foley
- Fordham
- Palmer
- Kolbe
-  Alexander
-  Boehner
-  Reynolds
-  Shimkus
- Trandahl
- Florida
-  Illinois
- Arizona
-  Louisiana
-  Ohio
-  New
York
- "House
panel questions Hastert's top aide in Foley case."
... "Kirk Fordham, [Florida Republican Mark] Foley's former chief of staff,
said he alerted [Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert's chief of staff Scott]
Palmer several years ago to his concerns about Foley's friendships with
pages." ... "Palmer has denied Fordham's account." ... "So far, these people
have claimed they warned congressional leaders or their staff about Foley:"
... "• Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona], said he alerted Hastert's
staff in 2000 or 2001." ... "• Fordham said he spoke with the speaker's
office in 2002 or 2003." ... "• Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La. [Republican-Louisiana],
said he alerted the speaker's office last year and spoke to House Majority
Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio [Republican], and Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y.
[Republican-New York], again this spring." ... "• Boehner and Reynolds
said they brought up Alexander's complaints with Hastert. The speaker said
he does not remember the conversation, but does not dispute that it occurred."
... "After Alexander contacted Hastert's office last year about e-mails
that Foley had sent a Louisiana page, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois],
head of the House Page Board, and former House clerk Jeff Trandahl confronted
Foley, who promised to stop." -By Kathy Kiely
-USATODAY
20061018
-
Jim
Kolbe
- Foley
-
 Lawmakers
-  Teens
- Ariz
- Fla
- "Kolbe
Matter Is Referred to House Ethics Panel: Allegations
Involve Contact With Male Former Pages." ... "The House committee looking
into allegations that former congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla. [Republican-Florida])
had improper contact with male former pages has been asked by lawmakers
overseeing the page program to look into allegations involving a second
lawmaker, House sources said yesterday." ... "Members of the Page Board
sought the review after news reports last week that the Justice Department
had opened a preliminary inquiry into a camping trip that Rep. Jim Kolbe
(R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona]) took with male former pages in 1996. That
report sparked a conference call Monday among board members." ... "It was
not clear what allegations the board was concerned about. But The Washington
Post has learned of a potentially inappropriate incident involving Kolbe
and a male page. The man recently told the House clerk's office and the
FBI about an encounter with the Arizona Republican that occurred about
five years ago when he was 16, according to someone familiar with the man's
account. The page told authorities that he was "uncomfortable with a particular
social encounter" that involved physical contact when he and Kolbe were
alone, the source said yesterday." -By Jonathan Weisman
and James V. Grimaldi -WashingtonPost
20061013
-
Jim
Kolbe
- Gay
- Ariz
- Legislator
- Teenager
-
 Politics
- "Feds
probe trip that Kolbe made with pages: NBC exclusive:
Congressman alleged to have been inappropriate in '96." ... "Federal prosecutors
in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman
Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona], took 10 years ago that included
two teenage congressional pages, a Justice Department spokesman told NBC
News. NBC News first reported
on the camping and rafting trip on Tuesday." ... "A spokesman for the
Justice Department in Washington said that the U.S. attorney in Arizona
has started a "preliminary assessment" of the trip, after an unidentified
source made allegations about the congressman's behavior on the expedition."
... "As NBC News first reported, Kolbe took a tour down the Grand Canyon
in July 1996 with a group that included two 17-year-old males who had recently
left the congressional page program." ... "Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican
legislator in both houses of Congress, had not acknowledged his homosexuality
publicly at the time." ... "NBC News interviewed several people who were
on the trip, and their accounts vary. One participant, who requested anonymity,
said he was uncomfortable with the attention Kolbe paid to one of the former
pages. He was "creeped out by it," he said, adding that there was a lot
of "fawning, petting and touching" on the teenager's arms, shoulders and
back by Kolbe." -By Jim Popkin and Aram Roston
-MSNBC
20061011
-
Jim
Kolbe
- Arizona
- Gay
- Foley
- Florida
- E-Mails
- "Rep.
Kolbe visited Grand Canyon with pages: Park Service
workers, office staffers accompanied group during 1996 trip." ... "[Arizona
Republican Jim] Kolbe is the only openly gay Republican congressman. He
has been active with the congressional page program for years, and was
himself a page in 1958 for Sen. Barry Goldwater." ... "This week, Kolbe
got dragged into the controversy surrounding disgraced Rep. Mark Foley
(R-Fla. Republican-Florida). In a statement on Tuesday, Kolbe acknowledged
that he had known for years about e-mails from Foley that had made one
former page "uncomfortable."" -By Jim Popkin and Aram
Roston -MSNBC
20061010
-
Jim
Kolbe
- Arizona
- Foley
- Florida
- "Ex-Page
Aired Concerns About Foley to Congressman in 2000."
... "A former Congressional page approached Representative Jim Kolbe, Republican
of Arizona, as long as six years ago to report feeling uncomfortable by
messages sent from [Florida Republican] Representative Mark Foley, but
a spokeswoman for Mr. Kolbe said Monday that it was unclear if Mr. Kolbe
had forwarded the complaint to House leaders." ... "Mr. Kolbe, a former
member of the board that oversees the House page program, remembers talking
to a page with concerns about Mr. Foley's conduct, said Korenna Cline,
Mr. Kolbe s press secretary. But Mr. Kolbe could not remember whether he
confronted Mr. Foley directly, Ms. Cline said, or delegated the matter
to his staff." ... "Mr. Kolbe, who briefly served as the acting chairman
of the page board, often talked about his admiration for the program, once
declaring on the House floor that he had a “special relationship with the
page program.”" -By Jeff Zeleny and David D. Kirkpatrick
-NYTimes
20061009
-
Foley
- Hastert
- Shimkus
- Alexander
- Fla
- Ill
- La
- Ariz
- Gay
- Lawmaker
-
 Internet
- E-Mail
- Communication
- Messages
- "Lawmaker
Saw Foley Messages In 2000: Page Notified GOP Rep.
Kolbe." ... "A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative
Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally
confronted Foley about his communications." ... "A spokeswoman for Rep.
Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona]) confirmed yesterday that a former
page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel
uncomfortable with the direction Foley (R-Fla. [Republican-Florida]) was
taking their e-mail relationship. Last week, when the Foley matter erupted,
a Kolbe staff member suggested to the former page that he take the matter
to the clerk of the House, Karen Haas, said Kolbe's press secretary, Korenna
Cline." ... "The revelation pushes back by at least five years the date
when a member of Congress has acknowledged learning of Foley's behavior
with former pages. A timeline issued by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert
(R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]) suggested that the first lawmakers to know,
Rep. John M. Shimkus (R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]), the chairman of the
House Page Board, and Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La. [Republican-Louisiana]),
became aware of "over-friendly" e-mails only last fall. It also expands
the universe of players in the drama beyond members, either in leadership
or on the page board." ... "A source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement
said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read
the contents to The Washington Post under the condition that they not be
reprinted." ... "Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in Congress, is
retiring at the end of the year." -By Jonathan Weisman
with contributions by James V. Grimaldi -WashingtonPost
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