Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Sen. Pat Toomey responded to the mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, where 4 people were killed and 21 injured on ABC's 'This Week' Sunday.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., responded to the mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, where seven people were killed and at least 19 injured on ABC's"This Week" Sunday.
Responding to a question from Raddatz about whether the department should devote more resources to fighting mass shootings, McAleenan said,"That's a conversation that we're having as an interagency team with the FBI, with the Office of Management and Budget to see what the right resource level is going forward."
Deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, galvanized calls for tighter gun control legislation. With the West Texas shooting on Saturday, more than 35 people have died in mass shootings in the month of August alone.
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