ms. thompson. as you may know, in the legislation we introduced today, we authorizedvita for the first time. so senator warner has got another commitment. so i'm going to ask him to start on the questioning. i will postpone mine. again, i'm happy at so many colleagues who came. we come and go in this place. we all have different hearings. don't take offense, but senator warner, would like you to start with the questioning. >> mr. chairman, thank you for that courtesy. i do appreciate it. i want to try to get in three questions so i'd ask for relatively rapid responses. as we look to the economy, as we looked at the new on demand type services, in the past, there's been a sense that companies, platforms, have been unwilling to provide any benefits, perhaps even tax planning benefit because of the concern about so 1099, versus w 2 and labor classification issues. have you found that in your research, perhaps sliding from independent contractor into traditional employee has restrained the companies an

ms. thompson, ms. olson, you have also done some of this work in virginia, and ms. thompson i appreciate the 121 different sites in virginia that you are doing. i saw that number 60,000 hours, i applaud senator portman's legislation that actually authorizes, long overdue. as a budget nerd and tax nerd, is there an ability to almost give you a formula that for every hour worked or for every individual helped, we increase tax compliance by y? is there a formula here that you can almost break down to an individual or an hourly basis? either of you? >> i don't think i've seen any research on that, but i just made a note about that to take a look at that myself in my own organization. if i may make a point about the program, you know, i think going to the sharing economy, few are available to do simple schedule fee preparation, so in particular if you have people who are workers with w2's, but then they have small schedule fees, that becomes important, and so the legislation authorizing it should clearly say that one of the tasks that they can do are simple schedule c's w

thompson for his leadership on this, as well as ms. foxx and the other members. the great bipartisan effort couldn't come at a better time. as our economy continues to boom, employers are struggling to find skilled workers needed to fill well-paying jobs and grow their businesses. the legislation here strengthens the perkins act to ensure students gain the necessary skills to compete in the modern economy. i am particularly freezed with the final legislation -- that the final legislation includes my provisions to encourage and expand dual enrollment opportunities putting more students on the fast track to a great career. minnesota's second district is home to some great technical colleges and dual enrollment allows high school students to begin working toward an in-demand, credentialed degree. i'm proud to support this bill and to close the skills gap and help our students succeed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. trish trish -- mr. krishnamoorthi: i'm pleased to yield to the gentlem