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Committee meeting title returns the committee name and not the actual title of the meeting
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Hello. there's an issue with the titles returned in the get committee meeting endpoint.
For example calling: https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-meeting/119/house/117848 (https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/117848)
returns:
{
"committeeMeeting": {
"chamber": "House",
"committees": [
{
"name": "House Homeland Security",
"systemCode": "hshm00",
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee/house/hshm00?format=json"
}
],
"congress": 119,
"date": "2025-02-05T15:00:00Z",
"eventId": "117848",
"location": {
"building": "Cannon House Office Building",
"room": "310"
},
"meetingDocuments": [
{
"documentType": "Support Document",
"format": "PDF",
"name": "Hearing Notice",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/documents/HHRG-119-HM00-20250205-SD001.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Hearing: Witness List",
"format": "PDF",
"name": "Hearing Witness List",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/documents/HHRG-119-HM00-WList-20250205.pdf"
}
],
"meetingStatus": "Scheduled",
"title": "House Homeland Security",
"type": "Hearing",
"updateDate": "2025-03-02T05:07:28Z",
"videos": [
{
"name": "Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-Congress/house-event/117848"
},
{
"name": "Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pbR8tNXTytE"
}
],
"witnessDocuments": [
{
"documentType": "Witness Truth in Testimony",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-TTF-RussomannoPhDD-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Truth in Testimony",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-TTF-RashotteR-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Truth in Testimony",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-TTF-JonesC-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Truth in Testimony",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-TTF-StierM-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Statement",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Wstate-StierM-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Statement",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Wstate-RussomannoPhDD-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Statement",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Wstate-JonesC-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Biography",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Bio-JonesC-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Biography",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Bio-RashotteR-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Statement",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Wstate-RashotteR-20250205.pdf"
},
{
"documentType": "Witness Biography",
"format": "PDF",
"url": "https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117848/witnesses/HHRG-119-HM00-Bio-RussomannoPhDD-20250205.pdf"
}
],
"witnesses": [
{
"name": "David Russomanno, PhD",
"organization": "University of Memphis",
"position": "Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost"
},
{
"name": "Mr. Robert Rashotte",
"organization": "Fortinet",
"position": "Vice President, Global Training and Technical Field Enablement"
},
{
"name": "Mr. Max Stier",
"organization": "Partnership for Public Service",
"position": "President and Chief Executive Officer"
},
{
"name": "Mr. Chris Jones",
"organization": "Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation",
"position": "President and Chief Executive Officer"
}
]
},
"request": {
"chamber": "house",
"congress": "119",
"contentType": "application/json",
"eventId": "117848",
"format": "json"
}
}
Notice that title is "House Homeland Security" instaed of "Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce"
Thanks Tom