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The committee increasingly appeared hostile to Mr. McNamee, as many of his statements were turning out to be false or dubious.

The attention turned towards Charles Scheeler, Mitchell Report attorney. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, committee member, grilled him on issues in the report, including alleged meetings between witnesses and interviewees in the report.

Rep. John Mica, committee member, spent a lot of time asking Mr. Clemens and Mr. McNamee about the colors of various types of fluids in shots. Mr. Clemens couldn't remember the color of one fluid, which he identified as litacaine. Mr. McNamee allegedly gave Mr. Clemens a shot of this fluid in his back. Rep. Mica questioned whether Mr. Clemens could ever know if it was indeed litacaine.

Rep. Mark Souder called the silence about steroid use in the M.L.B. "disgusting" and disappointing.

Rep. William Lacy Clay, committee member, asked if he could look his children in the eyes and tell them that Mr. Clemens always played fairly. Mr. Clemens replied: "Yes, sir. I don't take shortcuts." He then went on a discourse about being raised by his mother, and suffering through the death of his sister, who he said was killed by drugs.

Chairman Waxman asked Clemens why it was so difficult for the committee to get contact information for his family's nanny. Mr. Clemens responded by saying that he believed he was doing the committee a favor by volunteering to give the information, but could not get in contact with her.

Mr. Clemens' lawyers repeatedly stood up to angrily address the committee, claiming the committee was communicating unfair "innuendoes" about Mr. Clemens' intent.

-- Michael Farr, The Washington Times