Yestery,he hou acted on a new rod sctns against the Syrian Regime inrd to t off resources for assads r machine. Al ts week, the house approved landmark feral i. It i. T. Reform legislati that ll reduce wasteful spendi and enhance the goverens infoation security. Will hurha ten the lead on this a hes ying to bring our government into e era of cloud computing, d is is big, b mk forward in bipartisan proess in getting waste t of government. As we speak, the ways and mes committee is holding major hearingoday on eming prgrowth tax refm. Progrowth means just that, owth of wages, growth of jobs, growth of opportunity and growth of our economy. Also this weekth educati andorforce commtee animously approd biparsa legislatn to improve career and techca educaon. Th wl make it eaero connect people with e skill they need to get goodpaying, in demand jobs. I got to tell you wherever i go, i s in wcoin las week, we have real skills gap between the skills ople nd to get good jobs a t gd bs thaare out there being offed. This isomething that we really haveo dress, andm very pasedhathe education and worforce committeis mong forwardn is gislation. Later today, Armed Services coitehairman mac orerry wilunil the thd installntn his effort to streamle e pentagons reaucracy and to improve the way that we del weapon sts. This ianssential part our efforts to rebuilour litary for the 21st century. Ahd memorial day, the veteransaffairs committee apoved 1 bls inclung bipartisan legisti to fix the v. A. s broken appeals proces this ia problem that weve en working on tackling for years, a uerecretary ulkin, the v. Ais aea taking real stres to get our veterans better care, shorter lines and more peace of mind. Ern e senate, our colleagues continuto discuss the path forwa o keepingur promise toepeal and reple obamace. And lastly, yesterday, the presiden sned the 14th congressnaevw act resolution to stop president obamas last rulor slaught that he did last year. Up until this year, congress had successfully disrepeal one regulatiounder this law. Now, jt this year already, weve done it 14 times in matter ofonths. We have much more do end washingtons culture of erach and overregulation, but thiss a big promise kept as we work tprotect jobs a to grow ourcomy i know its a lonli. It is n means cple. Every day ree are working advance our agenda and to address the prlems that americans facen their everyday liv. Questions. Porter m speaker, earlier this wee sat mcconnell sa wou deal with a littleess drama fromhe whe house on a lot of thing sically saying it could deut or hamper your agenda. Y agree with that assessnt speaker ryan ell, yeah. Its always nictoave less dra. The thing i want to say, people in thicotryeeto know we areusatortrying to solve eir proem so i realizehes a lot in the dia these days. That doesnt seize up core. Thatoesnt stop us from doing our jobs to rk on peoples problems. E of the reasons why i just read you the lisof just what weve done thiseeonlosing the skls gapon streamling i. To get waste out of gornnt, make the pentagon more efficient, get tax reform moving, these e things that reallyfft people in thei daily lives. Were working on this, and so just think its important th people know that we can walk and chew g at the same time and, se, dra is n helpf getting things done b rstl tting things done and thats the important point. Yeah. Report mr. Speaker, aumber of congressial leade m with the Deputy Attorne general here at t capitol last night. Wereout that meeting, and ats your understanding aut why d. O. J. Oo ts step . Speaker ry wl, was at the mti. I dontomnt on such meetings that are classied. As i said before, beeve that the professionals at the Justice Department need to do eir jobs independently, jeively and thoroughly, a i beev t special counsel, which is rober mueerow, helps them do that. Rert o you think it wihe congressional vestigion . Speakeryan no, it doesnt. We are goi tke these instigations going he. As i said, i think the Intelligence Committee is the rit place to do this. Is is an investigation volvin rsi iolving another country terferg with our electionsan so the intellen committee, in my opinn,s e best place for that so these bartisan, bicameral investigations, house intelligence cmiee Senate Intelligen cmieere going to ntue their instations. Rael. Repoeryo didnt orsht there. Do you think oversight should continue . Oversight aian jason chaffe h told people he will be avg june 30 for fox. Do tt est aonict . Speaker ryan i have not ske toason about that. I nt know hes not told tt so i have not spoken to the chairman about that. Repoerif hes leaving do yothk he should step aside speaker ryan i will find t from chairma chaffetwh he is dngr isnt doing. So i am not going toomment on meing thatsn the media. I rather hear from him myself as to what his plare. As far as the oversight committee, they made document requests. Thats the oversight mmtees responsibility. Thats whathey do. Thats whytcalled the oversight committee. So is perfectly appropriate ey make these document requts. But as i said,speciay in response to ielgee, thats where i tnk the Intelligence Committee should do their jobs. Reporter obviously you have been very close or the years with vice presidt pce. You talk autontinuing to movehis agenda and hs re often woing on these issues re but considering the thinge dealt th tru a rsiin the pt w ys there are some members who sd we might be better with vice presiden pence. Whatsoutake on it . Speakery im t ing to give credee that. I am not going to give comment tt. Reporter at wt your members ar sing. Speaker ry ers tve a point ki aomnt on that. Rerter esheppointment of a special cnsel, do you thk, give you some breathing room now atea to wk, go on ts enda . Speaker ryan we, like said, the appoiment of special counsel i think helps sure people andhe justice dertnt that theyroi to go their jobs independently and thorgh ich is what we called for all along, and si think iwas rfectly property to do tt. In the meantime perfectly appropriate to do th. Inhe meantime, we argog to keep our russian investigatns going with our telligence committ. And okhai dcred, er nothenergy and commerce the education and work force committ csi the ills gap. Tting the Mac Thornberry and streamlining the wayengon works on weapons. Lets get on with tax refo. Letfix peoples problems. And all ofur committees are still inthat. So as i said i know th peop consume the ns of the day t we are here today working on peoe problems every day. We have all these different mmittees that do diffent jo, and our job is to make sure thate still make progss forhemerican pele and were doing that. Reporter what youre being asd out . Speaker ry do you want to ask about tax refor all right. Mi emanu. Reporter mr. Speaker, than you. Garding tax reform, theres some folks w tnk you can g beyond this year speaker an no, thats not the case. Our goal and i feel very confidentiale can meet ts al isaldarear 2017. Does bloombe have a tax rerm . Report i do. So mitch mccnell saihe thinks the prospts for border adjustment t are rather bleak in the senatanhe believes it should be revue neutr. What are the alternatis being scusse is there a way that this border adjustment c eher have a transition that uld make it more palatable or some kind of adjustme . Speaker ryan you can sa t all t above to what u just said. What we have to do as an old x writ i would say this is, you have tei alternatives off one anoer. Is obvious that you can and ould have some kind of an adstment and phasein period if you are gngo have a border adjustmt. I tnk border adjustment i the smart way to go. I think it makes the tacode the most internationally competitive of any other version we are looking a and i ink iremoveallax incentives for a firto move overseas or to move ei production oversea but if youre not going too border adjustment then y have to look at the aernatives to that theres always upsesnd dosides to alternatives. Thats the processere gng thugh right w. Wer going through t proce ofooking at what ishe best way toeform the taxodand to lower t res for bunesses and to make the erican tax system inteationally competitive. Ght now it is literal o the worst tax stems ithe industrialized wor. Were losing compani w are becoming foreign companies. Have an incentive that tls companies,utsource your manufacturing. Why on earth aree doing tha so wreally believe this is, again were worki on this,ixing peoples problems d thats whyax reform is so critical and i dbelievthat there are very sio and legitimate conrntony version ofax reforanwe are going to have to accommodate those concerns as we move to a new tax system. Ast question. Reporter mr. Saker, ank you. Foowing up on rachels qution. Can you lk abouthere the questions of mr. Trump relationshipit mr. Comey and tential obstruction of stice issue, you say you want to get the facts on that. Then on health care, insurers ar gting ready to set res. Do you thi there any possibily ateveromes out of congress will affect nt year or are we looking two yeardo the rd . Speaker ry ll ill defer yo to h. H. S. C. S. R. Paents. Have a deadline i think moay, if i am not mistaken. Wel meet that deadline. Wel atatus ror the house publicans wi. That issue is stl unresolve but i would ve to defer you to secretary price on c. S. R. Payments. Reporter o on theuestion of potential struction of justice. Speakeryan yeah, yeah. That what investigations a for. You now have a special counsel o will take overhat portfolio within the stice departnt. I init appropriate. The whole point is to have an independent vestigion and foow the facts wherever they may ld. Its emature tprejudge anything at th point. Only thawe have a process in plac we hav a process inla here in congress and the administration now h a process in place in thusce dertment. Reporter where does that take ca of congress, though . That part of oversight or inlligence her speaker ry ll lve it up to the cmittees to derne that. By the way, moatic leader pelosi will brief reporters in about half an hour. U n watcthat online at cspan. O. In aut 15 mutes or less, the hoe wilgal ck in. Its National Police week, and day the house debates a coup bls. One that would add the kli or aemed killing of a l enforcement offic, first respder to list factors cour could use to wther a dehentence is justified. And also a bl that would authorize feraprobation officers to arrest somee if theres probable cause that that pern has ierfere wh a probation officers duties. Debate on both of tse bills mi up this afternoon. Liveoverage of the house at noon he on cspan. Anwhile we wait, some more o this morningswaington journal