Congressional Hearing Transcripts
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CQ’s analytics engine provides timely and accurate transcripts of every hearing and public Presidential comment you want coverage on. Browse by committee, search by keyword, and sort by date.
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FAQs
Congressional records, such as the official Congressional Record and transcripts of public hearings, are available to the public through government sources like Congress.gov and the U.S. Government Publishing Office's website.
For policy professionals who need to access this information as quickly and efficiently as possible, a specialized service like CQ offers a significant advantage over slow public channels.
CQ centralizes access to these congressional documents. Instead of navigating separate government sites, you simply go to one designated area within the platform to find what you need.
You can find published hearings from today's schedule, see what's planned for the future, and easily browse extensive archives from previous dates.
You can also quickly search or browse transcripts using filters like special committee, subcommittee, and date. For future events, you can set a simple alert to receive an email notification the moment the complete transcript is posted on the platform, ensuring you are always one of the first to access the critical legislative details you need.
The official record of proceedings and debates, called the Congressional Record, is published daily when Congress is in session and is available for free through government sources like Congress.gov and the U.S. Government Publishing Office's GovInfo website. Transcripts of recent hearings are also made public, typically printed by the committees and eventually made available digitally.
While these records are public, accessing them through official government channels can be slow and inefficient for policy professionals, lobbyists, and compliance teams who need real-time intelligence.
A service that provides guaranteed fast and complete coverage of congressional hearing transcripts, like FiscalNote's, offers critical advantages over relying on public access.
A fast, commercial transcript service ensures you are always the first to know what was actually said, allowing you to connect the digital debate to the legislative process and respond strategically.
CQ provides transcripts for policy and political events, including congressional hearings, briefings, and TV interviews. These transcripts come in two formats: AI-generated (within 1 hour) and proofread & reviewed by a human editor (within 24 hours). All transcripts aim to be nearly verbatim records of the events and are transcribed and edited either manually or by machine.