{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/patricia-bible-president-katom-restaurant-supply-joins-rep-burchett-tennessee", "Patricia Bible, President of KaTom Restaurant Supply joins Rep. Burchett on Tennessee Talks", "2023-11-01", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Tim Burchett", "B001309", "burchett.house.gov", "burchett", "https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C., (November 1, 2023) \u2013 On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Patricia Bible, President and Owner of KaTom Restaurant Supply joins Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss starting a business in her garage in the 1980s and turning it into one of the largest restaurant equipment suppliers with over 130,000 items in its inventory.\n\n\u201cPatricia is a businesswoman and a good one at that,\u201d said Rep. Burchett. \u201cShe started a business from scratch and has watched it grow into the 6th largest firm in the industry that employs hundreds of East Tennesseans.\u201d\n\nKaTom Restaurant Supply employs over 200 people and has earned a number of accolades. They include being named to business magazine Inc. 500/5000\u2019s list of the country\u2019s fastest-growing companies for 13 years running as well as awards for Woman-Owned Business Excellence and Large Business Excellence.\n\nEpisodes of Tennessee Talks are available on the show\u2019s official website, Rep. Burchett\u2019s official YouTube channel, and the following streaming services:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/patricia-bible-president-katom-restaurant-supply-joins-rep-burchett-tennessee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4902581460773945, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}