Alexander Says Steroid Investigation Is a Waste of Congressional Time

After a short recess, the US House returns this week to yet another hearing on the use of steroids in major league baseball.

That bothers Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander. He says the House investigation is a waste of time.

“Now if gasoline weren’t three dollars a barrel, if the terrorists weren’t lurking, if everybody had health insurance and the economy were in good shape, then maybe we’d be out of things to do and we could focus on baseball.”

Congress has looked into the steroid issue before. Its leaders urged Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to commission an independent investigation, and he did. But with some players contesting the findings of that report, Representative Harry Waxman has said the House’s history with the matter makes it the right panel to once and for all separate the truth from any unfounded allegations.