Congressional earmarks in CT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 13 provisions worth $11.39M match.
By year
- FY2024 $11.39M · 13
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Richard Blumenthal Sen. CT · $7.02M · 6
- Christopher Murphy Sen. CT · $7.02M · 6
- Joe Courtney Rep. CT · $4.14M · 6
- Jahana Hayes Rep. CT · $725.0K · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $11.39M · 13
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Town of Madison for Academy Community Center Town Of Madison · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $3.63M |
| 2024 | Town of Winchester for Fire House Addition Town of Winchester, CT · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $1.98M |
| 2024 | Day Kimball Healthcare Purchase of Fixed MRI System Day Kimball Healthcare, Inc. · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Joe Courtney CT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | South Coventry Water Tower Town of Coventry · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Representative Joe Courtney CT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Noank Fire Districts Water Infrastructure Expansion Project Noank Fire District · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Representative Joe Courtney CT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Water Treatment Plant Forcemain Replacement Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Representative Joe Courtney CT | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Litchfield Volunteer Ambulances Facility Upgrade Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $500.0K |
| 2024 | ADA Improvements to the Town of Stafford Warren Memorial Town Hall Town of Stafford · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Joe Courtney CT | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Adelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services for Facility Improvements Adelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $380.0K |
| 2024 | The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for Beech Leaf Disease Surveillance The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · CT | Department of Agriculture · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $300.0K |
| 2024 | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for Monitoring Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · CT | Department of Agriculture · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $239.0K |
| 2024 | Flanders Farm and Environmental Education Pavilion Project Flanders Nature Center · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $225.0K |
| 2024 | Town of Lisbon Fire Department Decontamination Equipment Town of Lisbon · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Joe Courtney CT | $140.3K |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.