Full Committee Hearing

Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl: Public Awareness and Legislative Solutions

Date:   Thursday, January 11, 2024 Time:   10:00 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl: Public Awareness and Legislative Solutions.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord, Artist and Philanthropist; Mr. Patrick Yoes, National President, Fraternal Order of Police; and Mr. Christopher J. Urben, Managing Director, Nardello & Co, and Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Retired), Special Operations Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Additional witnesses may be added at a later date.

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Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Tim Scott (R - South Carolina)

Witnesses

  1. Mr. Jason "Jelly Roll" DeFord
    Artist and Philanthropist
  2. Mr. Patrick Yoes
    National President
    Fraternal Order of Police
  3. Mr. Christopher J. Urben
    Managing Director, and Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Retired), Special Operations Division
    Nardello & Co, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration