That’s the amount the entire district is on the hook for– over $2.5 billion. You can see how the rest country’s GOP districts break down here (all averaged out to $2,761 per person); a sample of those numbers is below:

AZ-2: $2,474,391,634.00
FL-5: $2,334,577,355.00
GA-7: $2,334,199,098.00
UT-1: $2,325,954,752.00
CA-45: $2,263,658,309.00
TX-3: $2,233,546,843.00
(See the rest here)

At least the entire Republican caucus (along with eleven Democrats) had the good sense to oppose this additional debt being levied on their constituents for the sole purpose of funding legislators’ pet pork barrel projects.

Unfortunately, we’re about to get saddled with the cost — and lack of benefit — anyway.