following directions, right, and you re saying it s a condition, who s giving you the instructions to say what you re saying? that s why we thought it was problematic to work with mr. giuliani. exactly. who did you work with to say the things you said? did you have conversations with the chief of staff, secretary pompeo to say what you re saying? are you talking about in the july 10 meeting? yes, with ambassador volker because of that point, ambassador volker was the one in touch with mr. giuliani, not me. you had no direct conversations with mr. mulvaney about this or secretary pompeo to make this condition statement? only the text and emails i have already reviewed. thank you. my time is up. ms. stefanik. thank you, and mr. sondland, for your service and your recognition in your opening statement of your hardworking