Committee Hearings
If a committee or a subcommittee holds a hearing on a bill, it may publish a record of the hearing. The record may include witnesses’ oral and written testimonies and materials submitted by interested parties or added by committee members. Hearings are used to show that certain issues were known to Congress through the hearing process. Not all hearings are published.
Hearing records are available from the following sources:
- CIS Microfiche (1970 to date)
Microfiche: Law Micro
- CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Microfiche (1833-1969)
Microfiche: Law Micro
- CIS Congressional Universe
Selected transcripts (1988 to 1993)
More comprehensive written submitted testimonies (1993 to date)
- GPO Access
Selected hearings (1997 to date)
- LexisNexis
- Selected transcripts from Federal News Service (1988 to date)
- Selected transcripts from Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Hearings Summaries (July 1993 to date)
- Westlaw
- Selected transcripts from the Federal Document Clearinghouse (January 1993 to date)
(USTESTIMONY database) - Selected transcripts from Dow Jones Interactive (July 1995 to date)
(CONGTMY database)
- Selected transcripts from the Federal Document Clearinghouse (January 1993 to date)
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Last updated: August 2006