Earmarks requested by Christopher Murphy
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 $8.84M match.
Senator Christopher Murphy (Democrat, CT) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $8.84M · 13
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Richard Blumenthal Sen. CT · $8.84M · 13
- Christopher Murphy Sen. CT · $8.84M · 13
- Jahana Hayes Rep. CT · $3.27M · 2
- John B. Larson Rep. CT · $1.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $8.84M · 13
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Waterbury Public Schools, Waterbury, CT for education technology equipment, including computers · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $2.27M $2.27M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Bridgeport Board of Education, CT, for in-person and virtual library programs, including purchase of books, materials and virtual library resources · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT for K-12 STEM education programs · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library, Hartford, CT for the use of community history in postsecondary education, including equipment · CT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT, Representative John Larson CT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | East Hartford Public Schools, CT, for the Manufacturing Academy and Internship program, including purchase of equipment · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $730.0K $730.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | SoundWaters, Inc., CT, for afterschool and extracurricular programming, including purchase of equipment · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $361.0K $361.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of New Haven, CT, for the Center for Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Project, including the purchase of equipment · CT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $326.0K $326.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hartford Public Library, CT, for educational programs for immigrant, refugee and English learner students · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $305.0K $305.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Waterbury Public Schools, CT, to improve wireless access and connections, including purchase of equipment · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $259.0K $259.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | NAFI Connecticut, Inc., CT, for career readiness initiative · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $218.0K $218.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Haven Reads Community Book Bank, CT, for Structured Literacy programming · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $150.0K $150.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership, CT, for social-emotional learning initiative within Bridgeport Public Schools · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $125.0K $125.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hartford Stage, CT, for arts-based summer education programming · CT | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $100.0K $100.0K 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.