Earmarks requested by Veronica Escobar
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 14 provisions worth $25.10M match.
Representative Veronica Escobar (Democrat, TX-16) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $25.10M · 14
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Veronica Escobar Rep. TX · $25.10M · 14
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $14.23M · 6
- Department of Health and Human Services $3.60M · 2
- Department of Education $2.00M · 1
- Department of Agriculture $1.93M · 1
- Department of Energy $1.75M · 1
- Army Corps of Engineers $1.00M · 1
- Small Business Administration $500.0K · 1
- Department of the Interior $100.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | El Paso County Senior Meal and Community Kitchen El Paso County · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Vinton Water and Wastewater Phase III Village of Vinton · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, TX for an initiative related to health information technology and telehealth · TX | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | La Casa de los Abuelitos Opportunity Center for the Homeless · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $2.44M $2.44M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, TX for afterschool enrichment and STEAM education · TX | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Anthony, Texas Police Department, Municipal Court, and Emergency Shelter Facility Town of Anthony, Texas · TX | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.93M |
| 2023 | El Paso International Airport Solar Covered Parking Project City of El Paso, TX · TX | Department of Energy · Energy Projects | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.75M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Horizon City Transit-Oriented Development Phase 1 Town of Horizon City, Texas · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.74M $1.74M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Paso County Animal Welfare Pet Wellness Clinic El Paso County · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.30M $1.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Paso County, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Planning Study to Improve Land Border Crossing Transit and Pedestrian Connectivity to Business Districts in the El Paso Region for Equity, Accessibility and Economic Development Texas A&M Transportation Institute · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Paso Children's Hospital, El Paso, TX for facilities and equipment · TX | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $595.0K $595.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Heritage Tourism Business Connection El Paso County, El Paso, TX · TX | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Franklin Canal Concrete Lining Project, TX Bureau of Reclamation · TX | Department of the Interior · Water and Related Resources | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $100.0K $0 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.