“ | Any members of the House oversight committee or their staff who asked Roger Clemens
for an autograph during his tour of the Capitol over the past week
might have violated a federal law against soliciting things of value
from people with interests before the committee, several lawyers with
expertise in Congressional ethics laws said. New York Times
Did the House Government Reform Committee have the authority to hold
its much-reported hearings into steroid use in Major League Baseball,
or was the testimony of several former and present MLB stars little
more than a taxpayer-funded photo-op?
Just a Photo-op
When established 1927 as the Committee on Government Operations, the
House Government Reform Committee (GRC) was given jurisdiction to
investigate "the operations of Government activities at all levels with
a view to determining their economy and efficiency." - US GOV INFO
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