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. 23 provisions worth $24.30M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Richard Blumenthal Sen. CT · $17.86M · 13
- Christopher Murphy Sen. CT · $17.86M · 13
- Joe Courtney Rep. CT · $4.14M · 6
- Jahana Hayes Rep. CT · $2.80M · 5
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $24.30M · 23
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Long Island Sound Coastal Zone Soil Survey Natural Resources Conservation Service · CT | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Senator Christopher Murphy CT | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | East Windsor Municipal Multi-Service Center Addition and Renovation Town of East Windsor · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $2.75M $2.75M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Winchester Public Works Garage Town of Winchester · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $2.53M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Northwest Hills Animal Control Facility City of Torrington · CT | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $1.10M $1.10M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | CJR Expansion of Resources for Agricultural Educational, After-School and Behavioral Health Services for Youth Connecticut Junior Republic Association, Inc · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $750.0K |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Northfield Fire Department Modernization Northfield Volunteer Fire Company · CT | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $225.0K $225.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Monitoring Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · CT | Department of Agriculture · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $206.0K $206.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Groundwork Bridgeport for Growing Bridgeport's Urban Forest · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $154.0K $154.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments for Tree Canopy Assessment · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments for Regional Open Space Inventory · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $92.0K $92.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
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.