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. 38 provisions worth $56.52M match.
Representative Veronica Escobar (Democrat, TX-16) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Veronica Escobar Rep. TX · $56.52M · 38
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $20.59M · 13
- Department of Defense $8.16M · 2
- Department of Health and Human Services $5.72M · 4
- Department of Agriculture $5.28M · 3
- Department of Justice $3.50M · 3
- Environmental Protection Agency $3.02M · 3
- Department of Education $2.00M · 1
- Army Corps of Engineers $1.98M · 2
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Collective Training Barracks: Planning and Design Fort Bliss · TX | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $7.20M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Cotton Valley Broadband Expansion County of El Paso · TX | Department of Agriculture · ReConnect | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $2.85M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | The Crisis Intervention Team County of El Paso, Texas · TX | Department of Justice · Byrne | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $2.02M $2.02M 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 |
| 2024 | Rio Vista Rehabilitation Project City of Socorro · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.67M |
| 2024 | Replacing Aging Emergency Generator and Adding Solar Capacity El Paso County · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—PDM | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.38M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | El Paso County Hospital District/University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso, TX for purchase of equipment · TX | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | County of El Paso for First-Time Water ($314,000) and Wastewater ($791,000) Connection Projects · TX | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF; Clean Water SRF | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.10M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Casitas Community Project El Paso Center for Children Inc · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Paso del Norte Trail water-front shared-use path along the Franklin Canal from the entrance of El Paso Zoo to Tobin City of El Paso · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.00M $1.00M 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 |
| 2024 | El Paso County, Section 219, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $975.0K |
| 2022 | El Paso Makes Contract Support for El Paso Manufacturers National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, El Paso, TX · TX | Department of Defense · RDTE,DW | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $964.0K $867.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Aerospace Digital Engineering Research National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining · TX | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Town of Anthony Police Department Technology Augmentation Town of Anthony · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Town of Anthony for Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrades · TX | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $959.8K |
| 2024 | Town of Anthony for Arsenic Treatment Plant and Associated Raw and Treated Water Pipelines Project · TX | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $959.8K |
| 2022 | Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe, Inc., El Paso, TX for facilities and equipment · TX | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $925.0K $925.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Nuevo Hueco Tanks Ground Storage Water Tank Lower Valley Water District · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $850.0K |
| 2024 | Terminal Bridge Reconstruction Project TX · TX | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $850.0K |
| 2024 | El Pasoans Fighting Hunger West El Pasoans Fighting Hunger · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $800.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Sun Metro Micro Transit Project City of El Paso · TX | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $720.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Rural Utility Service Vehicles (PW) County of El Paso · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $550.0K |
| 2022 | El Paso Police Department Body-Worn Camera Program City of El Paso · TX | Department of Justice · Byrne | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $525.0K $525.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Gateway West-Sparks Water Project Lower Valley Water District · TX | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $500.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) Facility Acquisition and Expansion City of El Paso · TX | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $500.0K |
| 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.