testimony of the previous panel as well. the record on this hearing will be held open for one week. there may be written questions that come from members of the committee. we would ask that all witnesses respond to those written questions promptly. and with that the chairman didn't give me the gavel so the hearing is adjourned. dr. spivak: thank you. >> patrick kelly is a defense reporter with cq roll call. what are the main parties of the house versus what the president's request held.

>> the house bill in many ways exceeds what the pentagon and the president asked for in this defense bill. 93will approve funding for of the 135 strike fighters. congresswoman and chair of the house appropriations defense committee has said she wants to buy these 93 planes as opposed to the pentagon's requested 77 to drag down the cost. when you drag down -- when you buy in bulk, it makes those cheaper. they also happen to be assembled at a lockheed martin facility in her district. builds 12 ships for the navy compared the presence request of 10. the appropriators have approved funding for two combat ships as one that the

president requested. shipbuilders in wisconsin and alabama will be busy. they will probably end up in the final bill. what spin the chairs view of the appropriations process so far and her work with her ranking member? patrick: this year is a little easier because of budget agreemk in the spring.

over 135 amendments -- >> what are some of the key issues you are looking for that might come up under the second rule? patrick: a couple of amendments will get the ball rolling. there's an amendment that would billion.funding by $5 it's probably not going anywhere but that gets the ball going. the amendment i'm particularly anerested in watching is arizona republican and two of her colleagues. it's the a 10 warthog which is an aircraft in the air force. appropriate $163

to the current a-10 fleet. it's over what the pentagon requested. that funding level was authorized in the houses authorization bill. amendment come will be seen debate on that today. some of the democratic parties, the headline of your piece, democrats target defense bill for immigration and china debate. than a: there are more dozen amendments that relate to president donald trump's immigration policies in some way or another. the handful of democrats filed separate amendments that would from loaninggon money to the defense department to the justice department for

paying for immigration cases. it would be taking resources away from the pentagon and them into a different federal agency. it will be adjusting deceivers made into a ruler not. there's also an amendment that that wouldny funding be used to build facilities to house migrant children. also, ruben gallego has some that would ban any pentagon funding from going to build the border wall area the democrats covered all their bases on immigration. on china, as you mentioned, ruben gallego again, he's a democrat from arizona and a former marine, has an amendment that would ban chinese telecom

companies from doing any business with the pentagon. it would also ensure the penalties that were initially imposed on the company or other this year both from mr. asian -- this year by the trump administration would remain in place. see would be interesting to what would happen with those amendments. outside those concerns, anything democrats will vote with the final vote comes up on defense spending? what we spoke about earlier that budget agreement, both arereally given and democrats a lot of what they wanted. as i mentioned, it passed out of committee so i'm sure there'll be some democratic by an. -- buy in. i imagine this will pass with democratic support. patrick: you can follow -- >>

you can follow patrick kelly online and on twitter. thank you. a look at what slime on the c-span networks wednesday. the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern. they are expected to work on immigration legislation this week. that's on c-span. on c-span two the senate continues debate on the farm bill. c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies a note -- at an oversight committee at 10 a.m. eastern. afternoon, the ceo of delta airlines space of the national press club. --n president trump president trump's pick to lead the veteran affairs committee will take questions. fbi director christopher wray and deputy director ron

testified thursday. this includes the clinton email investigation. watch live thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern. listen with the free c-span radio app. google announced recently it will withdraw from a pentagon artificial intelligence project. hearing looks it's on the applications and implications of artificial intelligence. science-basedse technology subcommittee is one hour 45 minutes.