Earmarks requested by Rep. Rubén E. Hinojosa
Data from Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bills supplied by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Amount | Earmark Description | Intended Recipient | |
| $88,000,000 | for | National Domestic Preparedness Consortium | |
| $23,284,000 | for | Donna/Rio Bravo International Bridge, Land Point of Entry | |
| $2,940,000 | for | Housing Assistance Council, for nationwide capacity building, outreach, and training | |
| $2,706,000 | for | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources | |
| $833,000 | for | Edinburg International Airport improvements | |
| $686,000 | for | FM509 Extension | |
| $517,000 | for | Hidalgo County, TX Truancy Program | |
| $492,000 | for | Raymondville Drain | |
| $492,000 | for | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | |
| $490,000 | for | Rio Metro Intercity Transit | |
| $461,000 | for | Nueces River and Tributaries | |
| $312,000 | for | University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX for the South Texas Border Health Disparities Center's program on preventing obesity in minority populations | |
| $312,000 | for | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX for epidemiological research and educational outreach related to childhood cancer in cooperation with the Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer Foundation in McAllen, TX | |
| $245,000 | for | City of San Juan for planning, design, and construction of a new library | |
| $170,000 | for | Valley Baptist Health System, for the Hispanic Stroke Care Center of Excellence for equipment. | |
| $47,000 | for | Cameron County, TX Interoperable Communications | |
