The heartbreaking truth about addiction we can't ignore

Almost everyone in this room has likely lost someone to addiction, a harsh reality we need to face.

I've attended more funerals than I can bear to recount, and the pain is overwhelming.

These aren't just statistics; these are people I loved deeply, friends, uncles, cousinsgood people.

Some were just managing pain after an accident and got caught in a downward spiral.

How do we address this growing crisis in our communities?

At a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, artist and philanthropist Jason Jelly Roll DeFord delivered powerful testimony supporting the bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act.