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About
The Congressional Chronicle
The Congressional Chronicle is the first index of what the Members of Congress actually say and do on the floor, arranged chronologically, with searchable links to both the text of the remarks from the Congressional Record, and to the video of the remarks from the C-SPAN video recordings. You can search for any Member's name, click on the name, and immediately hear their remarks and read the text.
Availability
On the day of the proceedings an automated, unchecked index is created to provide immediate access to the video record at the top of every hour. This temporary index is replaced the following day by the matched index.
The matched index is produced through a automated matching of the video recordings with the Congressional Record soon after the Record is available in the day following the session. Archivists review for quality control and enter the length of all votes and quorum calls, and the beginning of the One-Minute speeches and Special Orders in the House.
Inclusion
Only remarks greater than thirty seconds are indexed by person. The Record does not include many short remarks requesting recognition, extensions of time, yielding of time, and recognition of members. These short remarks are not indexed. Presiding members and those rising to say "I object" are not indexed.
What is included here are appearances by Representatives and Senators on the floor. Members who do not appear on the floor to speak are not included. In a House session members are allowed to ask that their remarks be inserted into the record. Since these appearances are very short, they are generally omitted. At the end of debates in the House, members are often given five days to revise and extend their remarks. This can result in a number of speeches appearing in the Record at the end of the debate where the member was not present. The Senate allows the insertion of remarks by other Senators. These are not included.
Differences with Congressional Record.
Thus a search of text in the Congressional Record may find text that is not included in the C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle. Also, since Members are permitted to revise and extend their remarks, the text of the Congressional Record may not exactly match the words spoken in the video.
The order of the Congressional Record for the House generally follows the linear order of the video. The placement of General Leave and Special Orders granted my differ from when they are announced in the House. Since 1979 the House also prints actual time code every ten minutes in the Congressional Record. This time code is contained in our Record excerpts.
The order of the Senate proceedings as found in the Record may differ much more from the actual order that things happen. For example, when a Senator asks that his remarks be printed so as to not interrupt the remarks of another Senator, it will show up here with the interruption. Remarks submitted on behalf of Senators will not appear.
The Congressional Record is included here since it is the congressional summary of remarks and is widely available as a source for searching.
Scope
Currently the 107th through the 110th Congresses (2001-present) are available. Previous Congresses back to 1988 will be added as the video is digitized and indexed at the rate of two Congresses per year.