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At a Senate antitrust hearing on Tuesday, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos declined to give a “yes or no” answer when asked if he would commit to “full residuals” for union workers.

Sarandos was at the Capitol to answer questions about Netflix’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, asked him to make a series of labor commitments, including a pledge to increase the studio’s domestic production workforce.

Sarandos was happy to commit to that, and to maintaining a 45-day theatrical window. But he was a little flummoxed when asked to commit to “full residuals.”

“I would…

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