Gun control is the topic of discussion as the United States Congress reconvenes this week following a month-long recess, during which three mass shootings killed 40 people total in Ohio and Texas.

Representative for Iowa’s Third District Cindy Axne (D) says the House passed bipartisan legislation earlier this year that would increase background checks and close loopholes in the system for gun sales, but Senate Republicans have refused to act, “We’re very frustrated that that hasn’t been taken up, the President said he would bring a background check vote to the floor, he said that a few weeks ago. The (House) Speaker has sent him a letter regarding that and yet we’ve seen no traction. We requested that (Kentucky Senator Mitch) McConnell (R) come back and have the Senate come back to move the bills forward, and we’ve seen nothing. So I think what we need to do is address the issue at hand which is getting guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them.”

Axne adds that the Trump Administration’s rumored gun control package, which includes legislation to expedite the death penalty for people found guilty of mass killings, would not tackle the central issue of gun control. President Trump has yet to officially endorse a package.