by Matthew Hay Brown
After days of watching Roger Clemens and former trainer Brian McNamee trade charges in the media about his alleged steroid use, Rep. Henry A. Waxman has invited them to bring their dispute to Washington.
Clemens, McNamee and others are listed as witnesses at the Jan. 16 hearing of Waxman’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform into the charges leveled by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell in his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances in baseball.
McNamee, a former strength coach with the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, told Mitchell that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone during the 1998, 2000 and 2001 seasons.
Clemens has denied ever using performance-enhancing substances; in an interview to air Sunday on 60 Minutes, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner told Mike Wallace that McNamee injected him with vitamin B12 and lidocaine.
Andy Pettite, a teammate and friend of Clemens who has said that McNamee injected him with human growth hormone, also is listed as a witness, as are former All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch and former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, another Mitchell informant.
Earlier, Waxman invited baseball commissioner Bud Selig, player’s union chief Donald Fehr and Mitchell to testify before the Oversight Committee.
Congressional leaders have said the use of performance-enhancing substances sets a dangerous example for youth.
“The Mitchell report is sobering. It shows the use of steroids and human growth hormone has been and is a significant problem in Major League Baseball,” Waxman said last month. “And it shows that everyone involved in Major League Baseball bears some responsibility for this scandal.”
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Comments
"CONGRESS ALLOWED TO HAVE HEARINGS"
YES, WE HAVE A WITNESS. YES, WE HAVE A EMAILS. OOOOHOOOOOHHOOOOO, AND WE KNOW WHICH SERVER THEY CAME FROM. OOOOOOOHHHOOOOOO. YES WE HAVE BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO TOOK A DRUG THAT ISN'T BEING RECALLED! O0OOOOOOHHHOOO.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHY THEY CALL HIM BIG POPPY.
LETS GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS CLEAR STUFF. FORGET TREASON ON MY WATCH, FORGET HEARINGS ON 9/11 JUST WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. FORGET CHENEYS LAW ON PBS OVER AND OVER. FORGET THE PAST 7 YEARS OF TOTAL FAILURE AND CORRUPTION. JUST FORGET IT, LETS FIND OUT WHAT THAT CLEAR STUFF IS!
THE NEXT IRAQ WAR EMERGENCY, CALL 911 ON CAPITOL HILL SPENDING BILL.
DID I SAY, WHEN YOU HEAR WIRELESS WIRE TAPPING, IT REQUIRES A "WARRANT?
NAW COULDN'A BEEEEEEEEEEN ME.!
Posted by: Roger Morris | January 4, 2008 10:55 PM
"OJ HAS A LAWYER, MICHAEL VICK TURNED HIMSELF IN BEFORE WE COULD AIR IT ON COURT TV." COME ON NOW, CAN WE AT LEAST ONE BLACK MAN WITH A LOT OF MONEY TO COME TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF."
A LYNCHIN AINT A LYNCHIN IF WE CAN'T FIND A RUNNING PARTICIPANT.
HEY, IT'S THE SUPER BOWL! THERE'S A LOT OF RICH MALES WHO DON'T INVEST IN OUR IDEAS, OUR PRODUCTS OR OUR CORPORATIONS, AKA PHARMACEUTAL COMPANIES.
I THINK EVERY PHARMACEUTICAL HATES AN ATHLETE. CLEMENS USES VIOXX. THERE GOES BASEBALL!
Posted by: Roger Morris | January 4, 2008 11:05 PM
roger,
If you gently press [Caps Lock] you won't have this rage.
TRY IT! YOU'LL FEEL BETTER!
paulo
Posted by: Paulo | January 5, 2008 12:48 AM
If the tv cameras are there, Waxman will be there.
A waste of taxpayer time and money. In short, a perfect exemplar of the Democrat Congress.
Posted by: Bruce | January 5, 2008 10:08 AM