Congress asks for Roger Clemens investigation

Even though he has already testified before Congress, Roger Clemens isn't out of hot water just yet.

Congress asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, made false statements to a House committee that held hearings on drug use in baseball.

Henry Waxman, the committee chair, as well as Tom Davis, the ranking Republican on the House oversight and government reform committee, confirmed they sent a letter to the Justice Department.

"We believe that his testimony in a sworn deposition on Feb. 5, 2008, and at a hearing on Feb. 13, 2008, that he never used anabolic steroids or human growth hormone, warrants further investigation," they wrote.

"That testimony is directly contradicted by the sworn testimony of Brian McNamee, who testified that he personally injected Mr. Clemens with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.

"Mr. Clemens's testimony is also contradicted by the sworn deposition testimony and affidavit submitted to the committee by Andrew Pettitte, a former teammate of Mr. Clemens, whose testimony and affidavit reported that Mr. Clemens had admitted to him in 1999 or 2000 that he had taken human growth hormone."

McNamee, Clemens' former personal trainer, told federal prosecutors, baseball investigator George Mitchell and Congress that he injected the former New York Yankee pitcher more than a dozen times with human growth hormone and steroids from 1998 to 2001.

Clemens has repeatedly denied the allegations in the Mitchell Report, leading to Waxman and Davis jointly appealing to the Justice Department

"For the good of the investigation and integrity of the committee, we've asked the Department of Justice to get to the bottom of this," Davis said.