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Solomon P. Ortiz sponsored or co-sponsored 21 earmarks totalling $32,950,000 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 121st out of 435 representatives. To learn more about earmarks, visit our Earmarks section.

Earmark Dollars By Location

Location Total
Robstown, TX $10,700,000
Kingsville Naval Air Station, TX $4,470,000
no town given, TX $3,390,000
no town given, AZ; HI; LA; MA; MS; SC; TX $2,908,000
All Others $2,551,000
El Paso, TX $2,500,000
Washington, DC $2,400,000
Corpus Christi, TX $1,871,000
no town given, NM; TX $1,160,000
Ingleside, TX $1,000,000

Earmarks details

How to read this table

The table lists all earmarks sponsored by this member alone or in concert with other members of Congress. The table also includes information about the specified recipients of the earmark and their contributions to this member. Some earmarks don't identify a recipient while others have multiple recipients. In the case of multiple recipients, the same earmark is listed for each recipient. As a result, you cannot count the items or add up all the figures in the table to obtain the total number of earmarks or total cost of the earmarks for the member. National earmarks sponsored by this member along with other members of Congress and/or the president are not included.

The "Indivs" column represents contributions to the lawmaker by employees of the earmark recipient and their families. "PACs" shows contributions from the recipient's political action committee. "Lobbying" represents total lobbying expenditures made by the earmark recipient during the year when budget bills were under consideration (during 2009 for the FY10 bills, for example).

Note: Earmarks were banned by Congress in February 2011. The ban has not been lifted.

Description Bill Amount Earmarks Individuals PACs Lobbying
Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility
Robstown, TX
Military Construction $10,200,000 $0 $0 $0
Solar Panel Array
Kingsville Naval Air Station, TX
Military Construction $4,470,000 $0 $0 $0
Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX
AZ; HI; LA; MA; MS; SC; TX
Ag-Rural Development-FDA $2,908,000 $0 $0 $0
Brownsville
The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for water and wastewater infrastructure
El Paso, TX
Interior $2,500,000 $0 $0 $0
US Navy
Navy Ship Disposal-Carrier Demonstration Project
Washington, DC
Defense $2,400,000 $250 $0 $0
Texas National Guard
Marksmanship Skills Trainer
TX
Defense $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0
New Mexico State University
Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX
NM; TX
Ag-Rural Development-FDA $1,160,000 $0 $0 $120,000
Texas A&M AgriLIFE Research Center
Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX
NM; TX
Ag-Rural Development-FDA $1,160,000 $0 $0 $0
Ingleside Local Redevelopment Authority
Naval Station Ingleside Redevelopment
Ingleside, TX
Defense $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Energy and Water $921,000 $0 $0 $0
Mission Technologies
Buster/ Blacklight UAV Development
TX
Defense $800,000 $0 $0 $40,000
Our Military Kids
Our Military Kids
McLean, VA
Defense $800,000 $0 $0 $0
National Marine Fisheries Service
Shrimp Industry Fishing Effort Research Continuation
Silver Spring, MD
Commerce-Justice-Science $700,000 $0 $0 $0
Corpus Christi Regional Intermodal Transit Facility, Robstown, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $500,000 $0 $0 $0
City of Robstown, TX
Robstown, TX
Homeland Security $500,000 $0 $0 $0
University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX for facilities and equipment
Brownsville, TX
Labor-HHS-Education $500,000 $0 $0 $0
International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
AZ
Ag-Rural Development-FDA $401,000 $0 $0 $0
Robstown Inland Port-Street Improvement, TX
TX
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $300,000 $0 $0 $0
National Wildlife Research Station, Texas A&M
TX
Ag-Rural Development-FDA $290,000 $0 $0 $0
Texas A&M University/Corpus Christi
Texas A&M Adjudicated Youth Program
Corpus Christi, TX
Commerce-Justice-Science $250,000 $0 $0 $0
Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus Christi, TX for its South Texas School Literacy Project
Corpus Christi, TX
Labor-HHS-Education $200,000 $0 $0 $0
University of Texas/Brownsville
University of Texas at Brownsville, TX Global Marketing and Logistics Certification Program
Brownsville, TX
Financial Services $150,000 $0 $0 $0

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