Baseball star Roger Clemens, who has denied claims that he took steroids and human growth hormone, will testify under oath before the US Congress next month instead of next week.
The House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform committee announced on Wednesday that its hearing involving Clemens and his accuser, former trainer Brian McNamee, had been postponed from Wednesday to Feb. 13.
Clemens' former New York Yankees teammates Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch and Kirk Radomski, a source for steroids who at one time worked for the New York Mets, also remain on the witness list for the rescheduled hearing.
Radomski cooperated with the baseball doping investigation of former US senator George Mitchell with hopes of a lesser sentence for steroid charges when he is sentenced on Feb. 8.
"The oversight committee will postpone the hearing until Feb. 13, which is after the sentencing of Kirk Radomski," committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking minority member Tom Davis said in a statement.
"In preparation for the hearing, we will ask each witness to provide the committee with a deposition," Davis said.
"Postponing the hearing will provide additional time to coordinate the committee's investigation with the Justice Department's ongoing efforts," he said.
A committee hearing remains set for Tuesday, with Mitchell, Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players union boss Don Fehr set to answer questions.
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