Get Committee Communications - Communications received by a specific committee
get_committee_communicationsRetrieve letters and statements issued by a specific congressional committee. Use the committee code to access its communications, with options for chamber, pagination, and newest-first sorting.
Instructions
Get communications (letters, statements) from a specific committee.
Args:
ctx: Context for API requests
committee_code: Official committee code (e.g., 'hsju', 'ssju')
chamber: Chamber of Congress ("house", "senate", or "joint").
If omitted, inferred automatically from the committee code prefix.
limit: Maximum number of communications to return
offset: Starting record (0-based) for explicit paging.
most_recent: When True (default), return the newest communications first.
Returns:
List of communications from the committee
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | ||
| offset | No | ||
| chamber | No | ||
| most_recent | No | ||
| committee_code | Yes |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| error | No | Present when success is false: the section-9 error envelope | |
| items | No | Results of other kinds (bills, reports, communications, nominations), as returned by Congress.gov | |
| context | Yes | Context about the search or operation performed | |
| members | No | Member results | |
| success | Yes | Whether the operation was successful | |
| summary | Yes | Human-readable summary of the results | |
| item_kind | No | What `items` contains (bill, committee_report, communication, nomination, ...) | |
| operation | Yes | The operation that was performed | |
| committees | No | Committee results | |
| results_count | Yes | Number of items returned (equals the populated list's length) |