really objected and we're not -- we had several ambassadors or former ambassadors, people like tom pickering coming out saying this is outrageous and we never asked for that kind of stuff. the white house is saying we didn't know about this. and intelligence officials say there's no way that the white house did. gwen: what puzzles me, what members of congress knew about it? they said this is an outrage and heard the head of the house intelligence committee say well, this is the kind of thing we do. how -- and everybody knows it. i don't quite understand how those two things can be true the same body of lawmakers. >> well, mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee, said that if there's disagreement within the committee about whether they knew about it, it's because some committee members were doing their homework and other ones were. but the ones who people like adam schiff in california really took umbrage at that because i've been doing my homework and didn't know about it. mike rogers never specifically said he knew about it. gwen: he can't. but he kind of hinted. this will

portrait is one of only two pore rats in this haloed hall, through his official representative, tom pickering, george washington concluded the treaty of can nan daiglea. president washington had a six-foot long treaty belt fashioned to ratify this treaty that our two peoples should live in peace and friendship. mr. speaker, george washington himself respected the native americans of this country and their culture. shouldn't the nfl team that pairs his name do the same? i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. again i'm on the floor today to talk about the ongoing discussion between the united states and afghanistan regarding a 10-year bilateral strategic agreement to allow troops to remain overseas beyond the year 2014. multiple news organizations have reported that talks on the agreement have stalled because of unwillingness of the afghan government to let american militaries search afghan homes. two senior afgha