“...leads the Houston-area delegation in the number of earmarks, or special funding requests, that he is seeking for his district. He is trying to nab public money for 65 projects, such as marketing wild shrimp and renovating the old movie theater in Edna that closed in 1977 — neither of which is envisioned in the Constitution as an essential government function.”
As a Congressman, he’s merely doing his job by forwarding these requests to the Appropriations Committee. He never fights for them, and always votes against them on the House floor.