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Mr. Ashworth. But it's your position that that confidentiality prevents him from even discussing the existence of an NDA? Ms. Estrich. That is what every NDA I've ever seen in my career requires. Mr. Ashworth. I think we would disagree with that. Ms. Estrich. But the terms of the settlement agreement, if there is one, the existence of any such agreement. We're not even allowed when you have an NDA, to talk about the existence of an agreement in the absence of process and judicial review and the like. So we're going to try to abide by our confidentiality obligations while helping this committee in any way we can. Mr. Ashworth. Okay. Thank you. Ms. Estrich. Thank you. Ms. Brignac. I understand this confidentiality to have already been broken because there is public reporting on this NDA, so I'm going to ask you, Mr. Black, did you ever ask to sign a nondisclosure agreement? Mr. Black. I think I'd like to chat with my counsel for 5 minutes. Ms. Estrich. Could we take a short break? Ms. Brignac. Yep. We can go off the record. [Recess.] Ms. Brignac. We can go back on the record. Mr. Grant. Mr. Black, before you continue, there have been some additional Members of Congress and staff that have joined us since the beginning of this interview. Will they please announce themselves for the record. Ms. Ansari. Yassamin Ansari. Mr. Walkinshaw. James Walkinshaw. comms director, Ranking Member Garcia.