Our lawmakers in Washington, D.C., would like us to believe they are legitimately and altruistically concerned about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball.

The truth is they are striking out with what matters to and most seriously affects their constituents. A congressional committee’s request earlier this week that the Justice Department investigate baseball legend Roger Clemens is yet another swing and a miss at substantive governance.

Congress and its inhabitants were not created to promote the purity of sport. They exist to do the will of ...

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