While criticizing the NFL's investigation of the Patriots' videotaping procedures, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) had refrained from asking his colleagues to become involved, but he still left open the possibility of future congressional hearings. Yet in a meeting with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board Monday, Specter indicated hearings are no longer an option. "I'm not going to call for hearings, because the mood is not right and we've got too many other bigger problems to deal with," Specter told the editorial board, according to a transcript provided by Specter's press office. The NFL has no plans to conduct an independent investigation, feeling its multilayered probe during and after the season was extensive.
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