If I had unanimous consent, I could do it, which is why I was asking. I did not accept a motion.
Just to be very clear, every time a member questions whether or not I understand the rules, I need to take a little bit of time then to explain the rules, because I am very aware of the rules.
I do have the right to recognize a member on a point of order, and that point of order can actually look at the clock and discern that our meeting was called from 3:30 to 5:30, and it is very appropriate for a member to wonder whether or not we are adjourning the meeting, because normally we adjourn without a motion. We adjourn with what is called implied unanimous consent because that's the order of the day that we operate under. So it is very appropriate for me to have taken time to listen to someone raising that issue and to listen to that issue. Then my next step was, as it will always be, to check whether indeed I did have unanimous consent to continue. To have a member suggest that that is inappropriate is inappropriate.
I think I might want to just continue with this for a little while as the chair, because I actually do have the right to clarify the rules. I could actually read from the rules at great length at this point if the member wanted me to.