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SPEAKER_03
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for any statement today that assertion must comply with the rules of the committee on oversight and government reform pursuant to that can you rule 16c1 states for the chair to consider assertions of privilege over testimonial statements witnesses or entities must clearly state the specific privilege being asserted in the reason for the assertion on or before the scheduled date testimony or or appearance for the purposes of this deposition objections must be stated concisely and in a none argumentative and non suggestions over this testimony must be stated concisely and in a non argumentative and non suggestivearé matter if the witness refuses to answer a question to preserve a privilege the committee may seek a ruling from the chair if the chair overrules any such objection the witness shall be ordered to answer if the witness continues to refuse to answer a question despite being ordered to do so the witness may be subject to sanction do you understand yes ordinarily we take a five minute break at the end of each hour of questioning but if you need a longer break or a break before that please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate however to the extent that there is a pending question we would ask that you finish answering the question before we take a break do you understand yes finally i will note for everyone here today that the contents of what we discuss in the deposition is confidential under the house deposition regulation under the rules the chairman and ranking minority members shall consult before any release of testimony or transcripts including portions thereof this means it is a violation of house and committee rules to disclose contents of this deposition prior to its official release for this reason the market exhibits that we will use today will remain with the court reporter so that so that they can go into the official transcript and any copies of those exhibits will be kept at the table or returned to us when we wrap up can the reporter please swear in the witness