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"It's hard to believe you, sir"

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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.), whose questioning began all of this 4 1/2 hours ago, came back to how it is that Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch swore to the veracity of Brian McNamee's testimony that they used HGH but that somehow, in Roger Clemens's case, he was lying.

"I take you at your word,'' Cummings said. "You say Andy Pettitte is an honest man. His integrity is impeccable. It's hard to believe you, sir. You're one of my heroes, but it's hard to believe you.''

Rep. Christopher Shays (R., Conn.) then tore into McNamee, calling him a "drug dealer.'' "That's your opinion,'' McNamee said. "No, you're a drug dealer,'' Shays said.