Byron Dorgan: “I think what certainly could happen and might happen is the Congress might intervene with legislation that is real…”

“I think what certainly could happen and might happen is the Congress might intervene with legislation that is real legislation, not just a sense of the Senate, because this is a significant public issue. The National Football League has solved this issue. They have rigorous testing for those who play professional football in this country. They testified at the hearing Senator McCain held. Minor League baseball has solved this issue. The commissioner of baseball ordered rigorous, wide testing for drugs in the minor leagues. So it is not as if no one knows how to do this. Mr. Fehr said in his testimony 2 years ago, and now 2 weeks ago, that this is a matter of privacy for baseball players. It seems to me it is not a matter of privacy. If in private people are taking banned drugs in order to enhance their performance in public, which is exactly what happens in professional sports, the taking of drugs in private in order to enhance their public performance, does the public have a right to understand that and know about that? Darn right, the public has a right to know.”