WHAT IS IT?

The Congressional Record is a substantially verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the House and Senate, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections under clause 8 of Rule XVII. Essentially, the Record is a recording of all of the business that takes place on the House or Senate Floors. Anything that takes place on the Floor of the House or Senate will become a part of the Record. The Record contains four main sections: the proceedings of the House and the Senate, Extensions of Remarks, and the Daily Digest (CRS rept. 98-203).

The Congressional Record is consecutively numbered in each session of Congress with House pages of the Record marked with an "H," Senate pages with an "S," Daily Digest sections with a "D," and Extensions of Remarks pages with an "E."

The Congressional Record is also available on line at: www.congress.gov