get_hearings
Retrieve congressional hearing data from the official Congress.gov API by filtering by congress, chamber, date range, or specific hearing number to access government proceedings.
Instructions
Retrieve hearing information from the Congress.gov API. Full documentation for this endpoint -> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/blob/main/Documentation/HearingEndpoint.md
Args: congress: Congress number (e.g., 118 for 118th Congress) chamber: Chamber (house, senate) hearing_number: Specific hearing number offset: Starting record (default 0) limit: Maximum records to return (max 250, default 20) from_datetime: Start timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) to_datetime: End timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)
Returns: dict: Hearing data from Congress.gov API
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| chamber | No | ||
| congress | No | ||
| from_datetime | No | ||
| hearing_number | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| offset | No | ||
| to_datetime | No |