In her call-out, she mentioned all of the nondisclosure agreements that women in Bloomberg's company signed over the course of several years. The Bloomberg NDAs became an immediate source of speculation among all candidates, who asked why he was unwilling to release them if there was nothing harmful to his reputation included, as he suggested. Ultimately, Bloomberg responded saying that the agreements were all signed consensually and there was no cause for opening them to the public. "I've said we're not going to get to end these agreements," he said in the debate. "They were made consensually and they have every right to expect that they will stay private."