House, Senate committees plan FY 2012 budget hearings next week

Next week is all about the budget. The Monday release of the Obama administration's fiscal year 2012 budget proposal will begin a string of budget hearings, featuring several Cabinet officials.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will testify on the budget at the House committees on Budget and Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee. Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also testify in various committees.

A listing of next week's House and Senate full committee hearings follows:

House Armed Services

February 16, on the Defense Department's budget request (Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies)

February 17, on the Department of the Air Force's budget request (Air Force Secretary Michael Donley testifies)

House Budget

February 15, on the Obama administration's FY 2012 budget request (OMB Director Jacob Lew testifies)

February 16, on the Treasury Department's FY 2012 budget request (Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testifies)

House Education and the Workforce

February 16, on policies and priorities of the Labor Department (Labor Secretary Hilda Solis testifies)

House Financial Services

February 15, to assess the implications of the Dodd-Frank derivatives title

February 16, on the final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

House Foreign Affairs

February 17, on the need for reforms of the State Department's Inspector General

House Homeland Security

February 17, on the Department of Homeland Security's FY 2012 budget request

House Administration

February 15, on military and overseas voting

House Judiciary

February 16, on the constitutionality of the individual health insurance mandate

House Science, Space and Technology

February 17, on the administration's federal research and development budget for FY 2012

House Small Business

February 16, on the state of the small business economy

House Transportation and Infrastructure

February 15, on improving U.S. surface transportation programs

House Veterans' Affairs

February 17, on the Department of Veterans' Affairs FY 2012 budget request

House Ways & Means

February 15, on the administration's FY 2012 budget request (Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testifies)

February 16, on the Department of Health and Human Service's budget request (HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies)

February 16, on the FY 2012 budget request (OMB Director Jacob Lew testifies)

Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources

February 17, on "growing America's economy"

Senate Armed Services

February 15, to consider two Defense Department nominations

February 17, on the administration's FY 2012 budget request for the Defense Department (Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies)

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

February 17, on the implications of Dodd-Frank (Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies)

Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation

February 16, on building a nationwide network for first responders

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

February 16, on the administration's FY 2012 budget request for the Energy Department

Senate Environment and Public Works

February 15, on the nomination of Daniel Ashe to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

February 16, on national leaders' call to action on transportation

Senate Finance

February 15, on the administration's FY 2012 budget request (HHS Secretary Sebelius testifies)

February 16, on the administration's FY 2012 budget request (Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testifies)