Original sentence: The National Republican Congressional Committee is now focusing on finding another candidate for the upcoming Florida House race, since Foley voluntarily agreed not to run
Edited sentence: " After Hastert denied knowledge to the press, Boehner retracted, stating that he could not recall the conversation." Hastert did not "explicitly recall" that conversation but said he did not dispute it." Shimkus advised Foley not to contact the boy again, and Foley assured him he would not.According to the Washington Post, "Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership's silence.Boehner initially said that he informed Dennis Hastert, and that Hastert assured him "we're taking care of it.By October 1, it became known that he had been informed of the situation no later than spring 2006.Hastert has requested a criminial investigation of the explicit emails, but not of the earlier, less explicit emails exchanged between Foley and the page sponsored by Alexander.His own senior aides, and legal counsel, however, together with several other members of the top Republican leadership, are known to have been aware of the email allegations a full year before the public disclosure.Majority Leader John Boehner told The Washington Post that he learned of the inappropriate contact in the spring.Page Committee chairman John Shimkus said "that in late 2005 he learned — through information passed along by Alexander's office — about an e-mail exchange in which Foley asked about the youngster's well-being after Hurricane Katrina, and requested a photograph.Reynolds is thought to be vulnerable on this account, especially since he apparently contributed $5,000 to Foley's re-election fund even after finding out about his behavior with minors.Reynolds later issued a statement that he had spoken with Hastert about the matter early in 2006.Shimkus did not share the information with Representative Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the three-person Page Committee.Speaker Dennis Hastert said at first that he had only learned of the emails the week when the news broke.That sum, however, is dwarfed by the $100,000 which Foley gave the NRCC at the end of July 2006