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60 Minutes

Sunday, April 24, 2016

60 Minutes

CBS News

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42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

BELL RINGS

0:06.0

Angie, what is this with all these names on the wall here?

0:10.0

We call this the death wall.

0:12.0

The death wall?

0:13.0

Yes.

0:14.0

Why is that?

0:15.0

Majority of the people on this wall have died of drug overdose due to heroin.

0:20.0

Angie Pellfree, a former nurse and recovering opioids addict,

0:24.0

runs the new beginnings rehab facility in rural Pike to Nohio.

0:28.0

By 2010, we had about 50 names total, but now 2016 were over 3,000.

0:35.0

Tonight, a story about an experiment that's being used to help end an epidemic.

0:45.0

It's illegal for members of Congress to make fundraising calls from their offices,

0:49.0

so they come to these call centers.

0:52.0

No photos exist of the inside, but 60 minutes gained access with a hidden camera.

0:58.0

Here, members spend hours on the phone, dialing for dollars,

1:02.0

rather than working for their constituents.

1:05.0

Both parties have told newly elected members of the Congress that they should spend 30 hours a week

1:10.0

in the Republican and Democratic call centers across the street from the Congress,

1:14.0

dialing for dollars.

1:15.0

30 hours a week?

1:16.0

30 hours is what they tell you you should spend.

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