now, kay gaininger, texas chairman has said that she wants to buy these 93 planes as opposed to the pentagon's requested 77 to drive down the cost. she says to buy them in bulk makes the planes cheaper. it happens to be in a lockheed in her district. but 12 ships for the nature to the compared to the president's requested ten n that bill, the appropriate oars have approved funding for two combat ships as opposed to the one that the president requested. so it appears that the shipbuilding communities in wisconsin and alabama where those vessels were made will continue to be busy because senate appropriations defense subcommittee this morning passed their companion bill up to the full appropriations committee also including two combat ships. so it looks like those will probably end up in the final bill. >> you pointed out the chair of the appropriations subcommittee on defense. what's been her view of the appropriations process so far for 2019 and her work with her ranking member peter? >> sure. so this year, i guess, probably a little easier because of that budget agreement that was passed back