actually does is it strikes the entire accountability section and inserts an entirely new process of nonemployees. it would be convoluted at best and stricter than current law. but the most troubling change of this amendment would make would be to change the standard to discipline v.a. employees from performance or misconduct. the amendment would change it to a direct threat to public health or safety, which would not be a nearly -- it would be nearly unobtainable. if not immeasureable bar to reach. we would also like -- more than likely not apply to some of the employees that have been associated with the most egregious scandals recently. it would not do anything for those that were involved in the bloated denver, colorado hospital construction project over a billion dollars over budget or the date aver manipulation at the philadelphia regional office or the $2.5 billion shortfall for fiscal year 2015 or the cost overruns of the orlando v.a. medical center or the allegations of inappropriate use of government purchase cards to the tune of $6 billion and many, many others. these are the type of e

those who are nonemployee or self-employed, those individuals may be doing freelance work working with independent contractors and we will talk more about this in a moment. many of those individuals especially after the great recession were not necessarily choosing to be entrepreneurs but were doing so out of necessity even among college graduates. we know college-educated immigrants are more likely to start businesses, especially more likely to start high-tech businesses, so if we assume one of our goals is to increase us employment rates and the level of employment to stimulate economic growth or entrepreneurship, whether it is all immigrants, or a subgroup among immigrants who may be more or less likely to contribute towards these ends. just as some background i will be using the word immigrants a little differently than some speakers have used it today. the distinction, speaking of foreign-born, those who are not native us citizens by birth, and immigrants, i will be referring to legal permanent residents, and naturalized citizenship. for those on temporary resident visas, relative