[House Hearing, 112 Congress]
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             HGH TESTING IN THE NFL: IS THE SCIENCE READY?

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                         COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT

                         AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

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                           DECEMBER 12, 2012

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                           Serial No. 112-192

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              COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                 DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, 
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                    Ranking Minority Member
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania    EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                         Columbia
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan               JIM COOPER, Tennessee
ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York          GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho              DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          PETER WELCH, Vermont
JOE WALSH, Illinois                  JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina           CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
DENNIS A. ROSS, Florida              JACKIE SPEIER, California
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania
VACANCY

                   Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Director
                John D. Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director
                     Robert Borden, General Counsel
                       Linda A. Good, Chief Clerk
                 David Rapallo, Minority Staff Director
                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on December 12, 2012................................     1

                               WITNESSES

Mr. Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS,Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director, 
  National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and 
  Human Services
    Oral Statement...............................................    00
    Written Statement............................................    00
Mr. Larry Bowers, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, U.S. Anti-Doping 
  Agency
    Oral Statement...............................................    00
    Written Statement............................................    00
Mr. Richard M. Butkus, NFL Hall of Fame Member, I Play Clean 
  (IPlayclean.org)
    Oral Statement...............................................    00
    Written Statement............................................    00
Linn Goldberg, M.D., FACSM, Head, Division of Health Promotion 
  and Sports Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
    Oral Statement...............................................    00
    Written Statement............................................    00
Mr. Michael Gimbel, Director, Powered By Me, University of 
  Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
    Oral Statement...............................................    00
    Written Statement............................................    00

                                APPENDIX

The Honorable Darrell Issa, a Member of Congress from the State 
  of California, Hearing Preview Statement.......................    00
Endocrine Reviews................................................    00
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, a Member of Congress from the 
  State of Maryland, Opening Statement...........................    00
Letter to The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, a Member of Congress from 
  the State of Utah from Basic Research..........................    00
Letter to Darrell E. Issa from the U.S. Olympic Committee........    00
The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly, a Member of Congress from the 
  State of Va, written statement.................................    00
Mr. Donald M. Hooton, Taylor Hooton Foundation, written statement    00
Mr. Travis T. Tygary, United states Anti-Doping Agency, letter on 
  Human Growth Hormone...........................................    00
Letter to Prof. Dr. Larry D. Bowers from Dr. Gmeiner, President 
  World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists....................    00
Letter to Senator John McCain from Mr. David Howman, Director 
  General, World Anti-Doping Agency..............................    00
Mr. Dennis W. Gay, CEO, Basic Research, written statement to 
  Congressman Jason Chaffetz.....................................    00
Steve and Melyn Campbell, Limitless Worldwide....................    00