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# Congress strikes out
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/congress-strikes-out-editor/
- Published: 2008-02-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:30:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Bruce Joffe*

Representative Henry Waxman is leading a Congressional kerfuffle about lies and liars in the game of baseball. Either Roger Clemens, or his ex-trainer are lying before Congress. Sure, lying about drug use is a terrible thing. But why is Congress spending so much time investigating baseball drug liars while failing to hold Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the Prevaricator-in-Chief accountable for the lies that have trapped us in Iraq’s tar pit of debt, death, and disgrace? Their lies before Congress are far more grave, harming a generation of Americans.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 15, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)