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Texas delegation requests close to $2 billion in funding request earmarks
Over half of the Texas delegation requested funds, including eight Republicans.
An American Airlines plane makes its way towards the runway before taking off at DFW International Airport on Monday, November 16, 2020.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Earmarks are back.
The congressional practice of members essentially hand-picking projects was banned from Congress in the early 2000s after it became synonymous with “pork barrel” legislation. But it’s been given another chance under a new system.
Twenty-one members from Texas’ 35-member congressional delegation — the 6th Congressional District in North Texas currently is open — requested a total of close to $2 billion for fiscal 2022. Every Texas Democrat and eight Texas Republicans — Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Houston, August Pfluger of San Angelo, Pete Sessions of Waco, Troy Nehls of Richmond, John Carter of Round Rock, Beth Van Duyne of Irving, Michael Cloud of Victoria and Tony Gonzales of San Antonio — made requests.