{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=f9f5998a-a060-4f92-9eaf-4c620338ed69", "Thune Questions Forestry Witness Panel about Pine Beetles at Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tSenator John Thune (R-S.D.), member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources, today questioned the witness panel about pine beetle infestation management at a hearing today titled, \u201cShortchanging Our Forests: How Tight Budgets and Management Decisions Can Increase the Risk of Wildfire.\u201d Key witnesses at today\u2019s hearing included Jim Hubbard, Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry of the U.S. Forest Service and Tom Troxel from Rapid City, South Dakota, Executive Director, Intermountain Forest Association.\u00a0Also responding to Thune\u2019s questions were panelists Dr. Chris Topik, The Nature Conservancy, and Ms. Sallie Clark, National Association of Counties. Thune discussed funding priorities and environmental law challenges faced by the U.S. Forest Service and how these issues are hampering pine beetle suppression efforts in the Black Hills.\r\nVideo of Thune\u2019s statement and questions at today\u2019s subcommittee hearing can be viewed here and downloaded for use here.", 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.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=f9f5998a-a060-4f92-9eaf-4c620338ed69"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.953709939494729, "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"}