Honorable Chris Christie
Governor, New Jersey; Chair, President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
Chris Christie has served as Governor of New Jersey since 2010. On March 29, 2017, President Trump appointed Governor Christie as Chair of the Commission, which was tasked with studying ways to combat and treat drug abuse, addiction, and the opioid crisis. The following is from testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a November 28, 2017, hearing at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on “Combating the Opioid Crisis.” Let me be clear right from the start: this epidemic is the greatest public health issue of our time. And it deserves the full attention of the Federal…
