2019: Schweikert Voted Against The FY 2020 Minibus Appropriations Bill, Which Provided $25 Million for Gun Violence Research. In December 2019, Schweikert voted against the FY 2020 minibus spending bill According to The Hill, "federal agencies will receive $25 million from Congress to study gun violence [...] The deal includes $12.5 million each for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health to study gun violence and ways to prevent it." The vote was a motion to concur in the Senate amendment. The House agreed to the motion by a vote of 297-120. The Senate later passed the bill and the President signed the bill into law. [House Vote 689, 12/17/19; Congressional Quarterly, 12/17/19; Congressional Actions, H.R.1865]