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02-16-2008, 02:44 AM
Congressman 'Sorry' for Steroids Hearing
Congressman 'Sorry' for Steroids Hearing
By DUFF WILSON and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT,
The New York Times
Posted: 2008-02-15 13:18:56
Filed Under: Sports News (http://news.aol.com/sports)
WASHINGTON (Feb. 15) — A day after a dramatic, nationally televised hearing that pitted Roger Clemens against his former personal trainer and Democrats against Republicans, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Thursday that he regretted holding the hearing in the first place.
The chairman, Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, said the four-hour hearing unnecessarily embarrassed Clemens, who he thought did not tell the truth, as well as the trainer, Brian McNamee, who he thought was unfairly attacked by committee Republicans.
“I think Clemens and McNamee both came out quite sullied, and I didn’t think it was a hearing that needed to be held in order to get the facts out about the Mitchell report,” Waxman said.
“I’m sorry we had the hearing. I regret that we had the hearing. And the only reason we had the hearing was because Roger Clemens and his lawyers insisted on it.”
http://news.aol.com/sports/story/_a/congressman-sorry-for-steroids-hearing/20080215131009990001 Well, no Shit!
Congressman 'Sorry' for Steroids Hearing
By DUFF WILSON and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT,
The New York Times
Posted: 2008-02-15 13:18:56
Filed Under: Sports News (http://news.aol.com/sports)
WASHINGTON (Feb. 15) — A day after a dramatic, nationally televised hearing that pitted Roger Clemens against his former personal trainer and Democrats against Republicans, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Thursday that he regretted holding the hearing in the first place.
The chairman, Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, said the four-hour hearing unnecessarily embarrassed Clemens, who he thought did not tell the truth, as well as the trainer, Brian McNamee, who he thought was unfairly attacked by committee Republicans.
“I think Clemens and McNamee both came out quite sullied, and I didn’t think it was a hearing that needed to be held in order to get the facts out about the Mitchell report,” Waxman said.
“I’m sorry we had the hearing. I regret that we had the hearing. And the only reason we had the hearing was because Roger Clemens and his lawyers insisted on it.”
http://news.aol.com/sports/story/_a/congressman-sorry-for-steroids-hearing/20080215131009990001 Well, no Shit!