Guests discussed the prospects for gun reform in the wake of the shooting, which killed seven people.
{mosads}Trump administration officials also dismissed talk that a shift of funds from the Federal Emergency Management agency would affect hurricane preparedness.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Sunday that he and President Trump, as well as other senators, are having "ongoing conversations" on how to move forward on gun legislation.
"I have spoken with the president repeatedly and recently on this topic. He is interested in doing something meaningful," Toomey said on ABC's "This Week," adding that his staff and the White House staff are "very seriously pursuing this."
The comments come one day after at least seven people were killed and more wounded in a mass shooting in West Texas and weeks after more than 20 were killed at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas just 300 miles away.
"I’m hopeful. I think they ought to do what we did, what I did when Parkland happened," Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke advocated for his comprehensive gun reform plan on Sunday in the wake of another mass shooting in West Texas that killed five people.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said on Sunday that mass shootings "absolutely are a homeland security threat" after six people were killed and more than 20 wounded in West Texas one day earlier.
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor said Sunday that the transfer of $155 million in FEMA funds to the Department of Homeland Security would not affect preparedness for Hurricane Dorian.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday said that shifting funds from agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency would not impact FEMA's ability to respond to Hurricane Dorian.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday that the White House and Federal Emergency Management Agency "convinced him" that there will be funds to cover FEMA's response to Hurricane Dorian, despite the Trump administration announcement that it would transfer millions of dollars out of agency's Disaster Relief Fund toward immigration priorities.
Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long warned Sunday that Congress, local institutions and individuals must help FEMA for it to complete its mission effectively.
President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, accused former FBI director James Comey of trying to "frame" the president after the publication of an inspector general report found that Comey's handling of memos was in violation of FBI policies.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Sunday said that unions are not ready to back the White House's “unenforceable” replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), despite President Trump's claims.
