{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/news-releases?ID=e15757e1-bc0d-444b-8e12-c1b63f9006db", "Klobuchar Celebrates Minnesota Tree at U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony", "2014-12-02", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This year\u2019s tree comes from the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota and recently arrived at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol after completing a 2,000-mile cross-country journey\u00a0\n \r\n \nThe tree is decorated with thousands of ornaments that have been handcrafted by people from across Minnesota and was lit by Aaron Urban \u2013 a 10-year-old boy from Maryland who is battling brain cancer\u00a0\n \r\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013\u00a0U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar today celebrated the Minnesota tree at the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, D.C. This year\u2019s tree comes from the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota and recently arrived at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol after completing a 2,000-mile cross-country journey. The tree is decorated with thousands of ornaments that have been handcrafted by people from across Minnesota and was lit by Aaron Urban \u2013 a 10-year-old boy from Maryland who is battling brain cancer. This year, Make-A-Wish will be granting Aaron\u2019s wish to spend Christmas in New York City, with today\u2019s lighting ceremony serving as a lead up to that experience.\r\n\u201cThis tree will light up children\u2019s eyes and make all of the busy people who work in the Capitol stop \u2013 even just for a moment \u2013 and look up in wonder,\u201d Klobuchar said. \u201cThat is the magic of Christmas, and Minnesota is making it happen. This tree is a fitting representation of the natural beauty, hard work, talent, and sense of community that make our state so special.\u201d\r\nThe ceremony was free and open to members of the public. Over 100 members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe traveled by bus from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. to attend the tree lighting and other events surrounding the ceremony.\u00a0They will be taking tours of the Capitol, attending receptions honoring the tree, and hosting a drum and dance ceremony in front of the tree later this week.\u00a0\r\nIn October, Klobuchar spoke at the Capitol Christmas Tree cutting ceremony in the Chippewa National Forest. The tree was cut down by Jim Scheff, who is the owner of the Minnesota-based company Scheff Logging and Trucking and who was recently named Minnesota \u201cLogger of the Year.\u201d\r\nThe tree will be lit every night from dusk until 11:00pm through January 1, 2015.\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/news-releases?ID=e15757e1-bc0d-444b-8e12-c1b63f9006db"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7390840221196413, "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"}