This has nothing to do with Congress.IIRC,this investigation was put in motion by Major League Baseball itself.
It’s not even just Major League Baseball, either. These accusations were based on testimony provided in one or more Federal investigations, so they would have been a matter of public record at some point anyway.
I agree. These men are adults and they have the right to put anything in their bodies if they want to.
I think Members of Congress should have to pee in a cup.
... to head-off, or to shape a subsequent Congressional inquiry -- so the Mitchell Report has EVERYTHING to do with Congress. That's why they picked a former Senator to lead the investigation. Now that the report is over, Mitchell's job will be to get Congress to swallow its conclusions & remedies without going beyond what MLB is prepared to do.
Congress threatened MLB with yanking its anti-trust status if it didn't get rid of steroids, so Bud put Mitchell on the trail to buy some time. In the meantime, MLB cut a deal with the union to put in place testing and punishments for test failures. Selig was in charge when all this happened, let it happen, and now thinks he's the sheriff to rid sports of steroids. What a loser.