Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning was a Hall of Fame pitcher during his playing days and was the first witness at the Government Reform Committee hearing on steroid use in baseball.

Bunning said the penalties baseball has put in place for steroid offenses are "pretty puny" compared to what players were given for cheating in his time. BUNNING CONCLUDED BY STATING, "IT'S NOW TIME FOR BEEFED-UP PENALTIES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM."