Congress wants McMahon to turn over steroid records

Rep. Henry Waxman, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and one of the congressmen responsible for conducting steroid hearings into Major League Baseball, has asked World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon to provide substantive records pertaining to the WWE's testing policies and practices.

"The tragic deaths of World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit and his family have raised questions about reports of widespread use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by professional wrestlers," Waxman wrote in a three-page letter obtained by ESPN's Shaun Assael.

"These allegations -- which include first-hand reports of steroid use by prominent former wrestlers -- have swirled around the WWE for over a decade. Investigations by journalists have described a culture of performance-enhancing drug use in professional wrestling, high fatality rates among young professional wrestlers, and an inability or unwillingness of WWE to address these problems.

"WWE has a responsibility to do everything possible to eliminate the use of performance-enhancing drugs -- or the perception of such use -- by its wrestlers."

Interestingly, the WWE received the letter through the media which may indicate Waxman is not all that serious about his request and simply looking for publicity.

"The media has provided us with a copy of a letter from the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform," WWE officials said in a staement. "We are reviewing this letter and will respond accordingly."