TODAY: Oversight Committee to Hold Hearing in Baltimore on Opioid Epidemic

Webp 23edited

TODAY: Oversight Committee to Hold Hearing in Baltimore on Opioid Epidemic

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Nov. 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. -Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a field hearing at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore requested by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to examine the opioid epidemic and the recommendations of President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.

Who: Chairman Trey Gowdy

Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings

Oversight Committee Members

Witnesses: Gov. Chris Christie, Chairman, President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Mr. Richard Baum, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner

Dr. Caleb Alexander, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Additional Witnesses TBA

Where: Chevy Chase Auditorium

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

1800 Orleans Street

Baltimore, Maryland

When: 12:25 PM

Media interested in attending should RSVP here.one hour before start time.

Source: House Committee on Oversight and Reform

More News