Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Steroid Use in Sports

Committee Holds Second Day of Hearings on the Mitchell Report and Steroids in Baseball

The full Committee held a hearing entitled “The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball, Day 2.” This hearing examined allegations of steroid use by Roger Clemens and several other major league players that appeared in Senator George Mitchell’s Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

The following witnesses testified:


    • Roger Clemens, Major League Baseball player
    • Brian McNamee, Former Major League Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach
    • Charlie Scheeler, Investigator on Senator Mitchell’s staff