Excerpts of testimony by Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee and other key figures Wednesday in the Congressional hearing on the use of steroids and human growth hormone:
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“They don’t disagree on a phone call or one meeting. If Mr. McNamee is lying, he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Mr. Clemens an innocent victim. If Mr. Clemens isn’t telling the truth, then he is acting shamefully and has smeared Mr. McNamee. I don’t think there is anything in between.” – Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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er that report could and should still stand as proof-positive that baseball’s efforts to combat illegal drug use needs a fresh look.” – Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.
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“Here we are now, with me being accused of steroids and cheating the game of baseball. If I am guilty of anything it is of being too trusting of everyone, wanting to see the best in everyone, being too nice to everyone. If I’m considered to be ignorant of that, then so be it. I chose to live my life with a positive attitude, yet I’m accused of being a criminal and I’m not supposed to be angry about that?” – Roger Clemens.
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“I’ve been accused of something I’m not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I’m never going to have my name restored. But I’ve got to try to set the record straight.” – Clemens.
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“I want to be clear that what I did was wrong. I want to apologize to the committee and to the American people for my conduct. I helped taint our national pastime. I hope my testimony here today allows me, in some small way, to be part of the solution.” – Brian McNamee.
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“When I told Sen. Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth. I told the truth about steroids and human growth hormone. I injected those drugs into Roger Clemens, at his direction.” – McNamee.
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ess. You’re here to tell the truth. You’re here under oath, and yet we have lie after lie after lie after lie, of where you’ve told this committee and the people of this country that Roger Clemens did things – I don’t know what to believe. I know one thing I don’t believe and that’s you.” – Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., to McNamee.
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“I was never told by my baseball agent-slash-attorney that we were asked to come down to see Sen. Mitchell. If I knew the lies Brian McNamee was telling about me, I would have been down to talk to Sen. Mitchell in a heartbeat, in a New York minute if you will. I was never told about that. The players’ association, from my understanding, reached out to a lot of the players. I don’t believe any player went down, other than from what I understand Jason Giambi.” – Clemens, on why he did not meet with Mitchell.
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“Mr. Clemens, at our previous hearing in 2005, one witness clearly misled this committee, another temporarily lost his ability to speak and understand the English language, while a third witness decided he didn’t want to talk about the past. You have four sons and you understand how young athletes admire players of your caliber. Can I look at my two children with a straight face and tell them you, Roger Clemens, have always played the game with honesty and integrity?” – Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr., D-Mo.
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“Roger Clemens, unless it’s proven that he used steroids, and so far I haven’t seen anything like it, if he did he ought to be held account. But Roger Clemens is a titan in baseball, and you, with all these lies if they’re not true, are destroying him and his reputation. How does he get his reputation back if they’re not true. … In this country, until a man is proven guilty, he’s innocent, and this kind of hearing, this kind of circus I call it, really bothers me.” – Burton to McNamee.
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“You are an important role model to many young people, and I am concerned about these allegations against you and your conflicting response to many of them.” – Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., to Clemens.
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“I did in my own way, as I speak. And if you’d have known me, you’d know what I meant to the answer to that question. ‘It is what it is.’ The truth is the truth. What I said was the truth.” – McNamee, on why he didn’t tell Clemens he told the truth during their taped phone conversation.
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“He is the icon in baseball. He’s what brings all these cameras, all those people out there, in my judgment, lining up like they’re going to a Roman circus, to see the gladiators fight it out. So my view of this hearing is this is not where it’s at … If you had 89 players here I’d feel a lot better about this hearing, but we have just one.” – Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.
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“I’m very concerned with the way this committee has gone in the last year or so. … I think there are billions of dollars wasted every minutes by the federal government and what this committee ought to be doing is Federal oversight. I wish we’d get back to our jobs, government oversight and accountablility.” – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.
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“The underlying report by Sen. Mitchell remains largely intact. This doesn’t in any way, shape or form take away from the underlying recommendations that have been made. I think this has been a robust discussion. A lot of questions have been answered.” – Davis.
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