title: U.S. House speaker confident tax reform can be done in 2017
text: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he remained confident lawmakers could get tax reform legislation, a top Republican legislative priority, passed this year. “Our goal, and I am very confident we can meet this goal, is calendar year 2017 for tax reform,” Ryan said at a news conference. “And I think we’re making good progress.” 