it does seem odd. so then is there any sort of recourse? i mean the chief justice is going to preside. can the chief justice go, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute? is there any sort of recourse? >> there are motions that can be filed, and that's something that did not happen, but there was an opportunity to do it in the clinton proceedings. the rules provided for motions. for example, one of the motions that occurred to me, what has changed about the white house counsel today is they no longer represent the president himself. they represent the office of the president. >> right. >> and if they're stacking up and the taxpayers are paying for this defense, the house could object to that, and they could say, listen, he has to hire outside counsel as mr. clinton did and proceed that way and not -- this doesn't go on the taxpayers' dollar. there are all kinds of things they can do and hopefully they will do. >> do we have time for this?