Edited sentence: Burton's support for Clemens has come under criticism due to Burton meeting with Clemens privately in the week preceding the hearings, with Burton receiving pictures and autographs as a fan of Clemens, making his objective stance on the steroids issue problematic.On February 13, 2008, Burton participated in congressional hearings concerning steroids in baseball, with particular interest into Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee.While evidence has been overwhelming in indicating Clemens used performance enhancing drugs, Burton took Clemens' side and defended him against McNamee