New in the Congress API: Congressional statements and more

The statements are available by date, by member and in reverse chronological order

We’ve got a few updates on our Congress API to tell you about.

First, today we’re announcing that the congressional statements appearing in our Represent congressional database are now available via our Congress API. You can see examples of the API requests and responses on our new documentation site.

The statements, which are pulled directly from official House and Senate websites, are available by date, by member and in reverse chronological order. You also can search the titles of statements by keyword or retrieve statements by subject. Subjects are assigned