How can I find videos of Congressional floor proceedings and committee hearings, and are there any restrictions on use?
Video recordings of Congressional floor proceedings and committee hearings are available from a variety of sources.
Floor Proceedings
Recordings of floor proceedings:
- Videos of House Proceedings are provided by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Use the calendar icon in the upper-right corner to find archived videos.
- Archived Senate Proceedings are available through Senate.gov from 2014 to the present.
- House and Senate floor proceedings are also accessible on C-Span.org.
- The Library of Congress Moving Image Research Center has a limited collection of Congressional audio and visual recordings. For assistance with these materials, please contact the Moving Image Research Center directly.
- Audio of the House of Representatives (1979 - 1985)
- Video of the House of Representatives (1979 - 1983, limited coverage; 1983 - 2019)
- Video of the Senate (May 1986 - December 2008, video; December 2014 - present, digital)
Committee Hearings
More recent committee hearings are available directly through each committee's website, and House hearings are consolidated on Congress.gov:
Videos not available directly on Congress.gov or on individual committee websites may be available on C-Span.org:
News agencies and professional documentarians may wish to contact the following Congressional offices for additional assistance:
Restrictions on Use of Congressional Recordings
Although Congressional hearings and publications are in the public domain by virtue of being federal government publications, there are restrictions on the use of Congressional video and audio recordings:
- Streaming Video Use Restrictions and Privacy on Congress.gov
- Using the Congressional Recordings from the Library of Congress Moving Images Research Center
- Copyright & Licensing from C-Span.org
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