Ways And Means Committee

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"I'm just really pleased the direction we're going on this," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady has adopted children of his own, and he acknowledged a rather personal connection to restoring the tax break for adoptions in the U.S. (Associated Press/File)

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Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee sit and listen during debate on a bill that would raise Louisiana's gasoline tax, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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State Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, looks through tax proposals ahead of a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Lobbyists, lawmakers and others pack the audience of a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on tax proposals, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Kansas state Sen. Vicki Schmidt, R-Topeka, makes a comment during a Senate Ways and Means Committee discussion of budget proposals, Monday, March 20, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee is proposing a two percent pay increase for most state government workers. (AP Photo/John Hanna) **FILE**

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National Edition News cover for October 12, 2015 - Ryan tops list for speaker despite immigration stances: In this photo taken June 9, 2015, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. First, give presidents the power to strike trade deals. Then overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law, overhaul the tax code and reform welfare. And someday? Figure out whether to run for president. Call it the New Ryan Plan, a map not just to big changes in the nation’s fiscal policy, but to Paul Ryan’s future. It points the ninth-term congressman and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee away from the presidential campaign trail and into the thicket of policy that he says will set the country on better financial footing. The path likely emerges at a familiar decision point _ whether to run for president _ somewhere down the road. Ryan, 45, says he might decide to take that step, someday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)