U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx thinks Roger Clemens is in good shape.
The Banner Elk Republican got national attention for her remarks during a hearing on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
She began by saying that the House Oversight and Government Reform committee had gotten off-track. Borrowing a sports metaphor, she said she was "not a fan" of the hearings and thought Congress was playing "a gotcha game."
She then asked Brian McNamee, a former trainer who says he injected baseball player Roger Clemens with human growth hormone, whether he has a book deal in the works or otherwise hopes to profit from his recent notoriety. He said he does not.
"We'll see," she said.
Foxx then turned to Clemens, who has maintained his innocence. She put up a series of four photographs of Clemens taken between 1996 and 2006, the period of time when he allegedly received injections.
"Mr. Clemens you know I am not an expert in any of these issues, but you appear to me to be about the same size in all of those photos," she said.
She then asked Clemens to describe the training regimen he uses to get the "stamina and body build" that he has.
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Re: Foxx on Clemens' 'body build'
The hearings should never have been held in congress. Baseball has a special privilege, but congress could change that without this showmanship. Baseball, the greatest of sports, has let itself be drug into the dirt by the steroid mess.