As the U.S. has seen at least 147 mass shootings so far this year, Senator Charles Grassley (R) points to legislation reintroduced this past February to mitigate threats of violence at schools as a solution to the issue.

The Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C., has gathered the data, and defines a mass shooting as when four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter. There have been 11 in last week, the largest being the Indianapolis shooting on April 15th that killed nine people and injured seven. President Joe Biden has recently issued executive orders regarding gun violence in the wake of other recent shootings in Georgia and Colorado, and two bills passed in the U.S. House last month regarding gun laws which have also been introduced in the Senate.

When asked what Congress should do about recent gun violence, Senator Charles Grassley (R) mentions the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center to identify and stop threats of school violence, “They’re very professional, in training people how you recognize somebody that might be a mass killer like that, and the whole idea is to recognize them and watch them but maybe give them some help like the Parkland shooter was recognized I heard 30 or 40 times.”

The first House bill that passed with eight Republicans voting in favor would expand background checks to those purchasing weapons over the internet, at gun shows, or through certain private transactions. The second bill passed with two Republicans in support that would give authorities 10 business days for federal background checks to be completed before a gun sale can be licensed. You can hear more from Senator Grassley during today’s Halcyon House Washington Page on air and at kciiradio.com.