Prepare testimony for a legislative or budget hearing
Written and oral testimony for a legislative committee, plus likely questions from members and safe, accurate answers.
The prompt
Help me prepare to testify at a legislative or budget hearing.
Committee and hearing type: [e.g. "House appropriations subcommittee", "county budget hearing", "oversight hearing"]
Topic or bill: [BILL NUMBER or subject]
Agency position: [support / oppose / neutral / informational only, and whether it has been cleared]
Time allowed: [e.g. "3 minutes oral, written testimony unlimited"]
Key facts and data: [PROGRAM RESULTS, costs, caseloads, outcomes]
Sensitive issues: [audit findings, past problems, members' known concerns]
Who else is testifying: [if known]
Give me:
1. Written testimony (1-2 pages): who I am and my role, the agency position in one sentence, 3 supporting points with evidence, fiscal or operational impact, and a closing request.
2. Oral remarks timed to my limit (about 130 words per minute), opening with the position and ending with the ask.
3. Likely member questions (10-12), including hostile and off-topic ones, with short factual answers. Include how to say "I'll get that information to the committee" when I don't know, and log it for follow-up.
4. Lines I should not cross: commenting on pending litigation, speaking beyond the agency's cleared position, or speculating on numbers.
Rules: never invent data or quotes; mark gaps [ADD]. Respect the agency's chain of approval for positions; flag anything that looks like it needs clearance from our legislative affairs office.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- BILL NUMBER or subject
- e.g. "3 minutes oral, written testimony unlimited"
- PROGRAM RESULTS, costs, caseloads, outcomes
- audit findings, past problems, members' known concerns
- if known
- ADD
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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