Congressional Records and Hearings - Legislative records, communications, and hearings
records_and_hearingsSearch and retrieve U.S. Congressional Records, House and Senate communications, and committee hearings. Query by date, congress, or chamber to access full-text legislative documents and structured metadata.
Instructions
Congressional Records and Hearings - Access legislative records, communications, and hearings.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORDS (3 operations):
• search_congressional_record/daily/bound - Search legislative records by date/volume
COMMUNICATIONS (8 operations):
• House: search_house_communications/requirements, get_details/matching
• Senate: search_senate_communications, get_senate_communication_details
• Committee: get_committee_communication_details
HEARINGS (5 operations):
• search_hearings, get_hearings_by_congress/chamber, get_hearing_details/content
Key params: operation, year/month/day, keywords, congress, chamber, jacket_number
Returns structured record/hearing data with full text content and metadata.Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| operation | Yes | ||
| year | No | ||
| month | No | ||
| day | No | ||
| congress | No | ||
| volume_number | No | ||
| issue_number | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| communication_type | No | ||
| communication_number | No | ||
| chamber | No | ||
| requirement_number | No | ||
| keywords | No | ||
| jacket_number | No | ||
| from_date_time | No | ||
| to_date_time | No | ||
| sort | No |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |