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ga e me services commite streamlini the w w procure wems -- weaps. let's get workinon tax rorm. let's fix people's obms. l r mmte are still dointh. i kw that people are csud with theewofhe d b w are here wking opeople's oblemsve day and we have all these dferent committees at doifferent jobs. and our job is to make sure that we sll make progress for the american pple and we are doing that. >> thas what youeeing keabt. speaker ryan: doouant to k aboutaxeform? go ahead. >> mr. speerthank u. gaing ta reform, there's soolks whi i cou slip beyond thisear. eaker ryan: ion tnk that's thease. ougo and feel confidenwe can mt this goal icand year 27 r tax refor i think we're making go progress. does bomrg have a t ror question? i do.

tc mcconnell saihe thinks e ospect for border adjustme pt t pn are bleainhe satand he said it should be revenue ntr. what are the alternatis being discussed anis tre a way that the ausencan have antion to make it more patae or se kind ofaxd justme? speak en- eaker ryan: you can saalof the above to what yojust said. what i wou s, as an old t writer, you have tweigh teatives off one anoer. it is obvious you cannd should ve somkind of adjustmentnd phase in perd you'reoi to have a boer adjtmt. i think border adjusenis a smart watoo, makes the tax code theost internationally compitive oany version we're oking at a ihi it remos all tax incenvefoa fi t move overse. you're t gointoo that you ha toook athe alternatives to th.

the's upseedsndowsides toltnaves. that t pcess we're gng thugh right now. we'r gnghrough theross of lki a what'thbest way trerm the t ce d wer taras for businesses antoakthe amecan tax stem iernationally competite? ght n, iliterally o the worst tax sysms in the dustrialized wd. wld. we are losing companie we ve nctive thatasically tell comni, tsrce your manufacturing. why are we inthat? bie, ts is, agai we'r workingen this. fixing ppls obms tt why ta roriso critil and i do believe tt there are very serious and legitimate concnso y version of tax reform and wha t accommodate the as weovto new taxes. >> mr. saker, two qstions llowinp raches question, can u ouald abthe russian investigio can u talk about where the quti omr. trump's retishitmr.omeynd potentialbsucon