Nashville native Jelly Roll gives testimony to Congress on fentanyl

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville native Jelly Roll gave testimony before Congress on Thursday on the topic of fentanyl.

The Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee live-streamed his testimony along with others at its hearing, “Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl.”

“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.”

“I’ve attended more funerals than I care to share with y’all. This committee I could sit here and cry for days about the caskets I’ve carried of the people I’ve loved dearly, deeply, in my soul, good people. Not just drug addicts,” Jelly Roll said during the hearing.