For The Record

For • The • Re•cord – [phrase] 

/fɔːr / ðiː /rɪˈkɔːd/

Meaning: So that the true facts are recorded or known.

If you say that what you are going to say next is for the record, you mean that you are saying it publicly and officially and you want it to be written down and remembered.

1 – ‘For the record, I shot the Sheriff.’

2 – ‘We’re willing to state for the record that it has enormousvalue.’