A Congressional Budget Office study estimated that gulf energy infrastructure repair costs will be between $18 billion and $31 billion, just from the damages the hurricane created.

Although a Roman Catholic Foley is a member of The Republican Majority For Choice. S. 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.

As a result of the disclosures the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted investigations of the messages to find possible criminal charges. The House Ethics Committee also conducted an investigation into the response of the House Republican leadership and their staff to possible earlier warnings of Foley's conduct.