Foul Territory

Tom Davis is the head of the House Government Reform Committee which has subpoenaed players and officials for a hearing about Steroid use in Major League Baseball. I submitted the following letter on his website:

Mr. Davis,
Please do not waste the time of the U.S. Congress, the Government Reform Committee, and the taxpayers for this display of grandstanding. It seems obvious that the truth is not your goal, as you have left Mr. Bonds, a person right in the middle of the steroids issue, off of your list. You say that having Bonds testify would be a distraction. I would suggest that the only distraction he would cause would be to take the focus off of the Representatives on the committee, which is apparently unacceptable to politicians seeking attention through this hearing. That a book written as a cash grab by a baseball player with a tenuous grasp on the truth could spur your committee to action makes me think that you and your committee might possibly have better things to do in governing this country. Surely we can both come up with hundreds, if not thousands, of issues that are more important and would be a better use of your time. Please consider this in your decisions from here on out.

Andrew Vogel
Raleigh, North Carolina