Federal Legislative History: Congressional Hearings

If you are doing research from off-campus then you must login via the proxy server or VPN before you can access any of our electronic materials. For details about this process, see the LIC technology guide at https://guides.law.ufl.edu/tech/vpn.

Congressional hearings are meetings conducted by the various committees of the US Congress. While most hearings are open to the public, some hearings are held in executive session and are closed to the public.

Transcripts of congressional hearings normally include written statements submitted by the members of the committee and witnesses, and the verbatim dialogue between committee members and witnesses. At times, additional materials are added to the hearing transcript including the full-text of articles in newspapers and journals and reports that were mentioned during the testimony.

Not all hearings are transcribed and published.