2019: Schweikert Voted Against The FY 2020 Minibus Appropriations Bill, Which Rejected The Trump Administration's Proposal To Abolish The Office Of Personnel Management. In December 2019, Schweikert voted against the FY 2020 minibus appropriations bill. According to Congressional Quarterly, "The bill provides $330 Million to the Office of Personnel Management, and according to Congressional Quarterly, "it also rejects the administration's proposal to abolish the agency." The vote was a motion to concur in the Senate Amendment. The House agreed to the motion by a vote of 280-138. The Senate then passed the bill and the President signed the bill into law. [House Vote 690, 12/17/19; Congressional Quarterly, 12/17/19; Congressional Actions, H.R.1158]
Trump Wanted To Breakup The Agency To Show His Commitment To Eliminating Inefficiencies In Government. According to the Washington Post, "For Trump, the breakup of the 5,565-employee federal personnel agency would offer a jolt of bureaucratic defibrillation to a slow-to-change workforce that the president and his top aides have targeted as a symptom of a sluggish, inefficient government [...] The agency is responsible for managing the civilian federal workforce; coordinating hiring, recruiting and performance policies; overseeing health insurance and retirement benefits; and ensuring that agencies adhere to laws governing employees' rights under an apolitical merit system." [Washington Post, 4/10/19]
American Federation Of Government Employees: Abolishing The OPM Would Be "Disastrous." According to the Washington Post, "The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, with 750,000 members, is calling the idea "Trump's Dangerous Plan to Abolish OPM" and predicting a "disastrous" result if policy for federal employees moves so close to the White House." [Washington Post, 4/10/19]
2019: Schweikert Voted Against Blocking The Trump Administration's Proposal To Breaking Up The Office Of Personnel Management. In July 2019, Schweikert voted against an amendment to the House FY 2020 NDAA that would, according to Congressional Quarterly, "prohibit the president or a designee from transferring any functions of or consolidating any part of the Office of Personnel Management with other offices or agencies." The vote was on adoption. The House adopted the amendment by a vote of 247-182. [House Vote 443, 7/11/19; Congressional Quarterly, 7/11/19; Congressional Actions, H.Amdt.513; Congressional Actions, H.R.2500]
Trump Wanted To Breakup The Agency To Show His Commitment To Eliminating Inefficiencies In Government. According to the Washington Post, "For Trump, the breakup of the 5,565-employee federal personnel agency would offer a jolt of bureaucratic defibrillation to a slow-to-change workforce that the president and his top aides have targeted as a symptom of a sluggish, inefficient government [...] The agency is responsible for managing the civilian federal workforce; coordinating hiring, recruiting and performance policies; overseeing health insurance and retirement benefits; and ensuring that agencies adhere to laws governing employees' rights under an apolitical merit system." [Washington Post, 4/10/19]
American Federation Of Government Employees: Abolishing The OPM Would Be "Disastrous." According to the Washington Post, "The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, with 750,000 members, is calling the idea "Trump's Dangerous Plan to Abolish OPM" and predicting a "disastrous" result if policy for federal employees moves so close to the White House." [Washington Post, 4/10/19]
2019: Schweikert Voted Against Prohibiting The OPM From Contracting With Health Benefit Plan Carriers That Do Not Participate In The Fair Price Negotiation Program. In December 2019, Schweikert voted against an amendment to a bill lowering drug prices for Medicare that would, according to Congressional Quarterly, "prohibit the federal office of personnel management from contracting with a health benefits plan if the plan carrier has elected not to participate in the fair price negotiation program established by the bill." The vote was on adoption of an amendment. The House adopted the amendment by a vote of 231-192. [House Vote 679, 12/12/19; Congressional Quarterly, 12/12/19; Congressional Actions, H.Amdt.720; Congressional Actions, H.R.3]
2021: Schweikert Voted Against An Amendment That Would Direct The Office Of Personnel Management To Publish information On Federal Government Political Appointee Positions On An Online Platform. In September 2021, Schweikert voted against an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 which would, according to Congressional Quarterly, "require the Office of Personnel Management to publish the information in the so-called Plum Book, which lists political appointee positions across the federal government, on a public website in an easily searchable format." The vote was on adoption of an amendment. The House adopted the amendment by a vote of 223-202. [House Vote 280, 9/23/21; Congressional Quarterly, 9/23/21; Congressional Actions, H.Amdt. 115; Congressional Actions, H.R. 4350]