Featured House hearings: Geithner to testify on global finances

While the Senate is out next week, the House returns Tuesday after the Memorial Day break, and the House Financial Services Committee will hear testimony from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the state of the global financial system.

Other committees will also take on financial issues next week. The House Budget Committee will look at taxpayer exposure to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the House Small Business Committee will examine small business access to credit.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will look at religious freedom, democracy and human rights in Asia, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a closed briefing on Israel/Palestinian Authority issues.

More details on these and other full committee hearings follow:

House Budget

June 2, "Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & FHA: Taxpayer Exposure in the Housing Markets," Deborah Lucas, Congressional Budget Office Assistant Director testifies

10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon House Office Building

House Financial Services

June 1, to hear testimony from Geithner on the state of the international financial system

10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

June 3, "Oversight of HUD's HOME Program"

9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

June 2, "Religious Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights in Asia: Status of the Implementation of the Tibetan Policy Act, Block Burmese JADE Act, and North Korean Human Rights Act," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Dan Baer testifies

10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Natural Resources

June 1, "American Energy Initiative: Identifying Roadblocks to Wind and Solar Energy on Public Lands and Waters, Part II"

10 a.m., 1324 Longworth House Office Building

House Small Business

June 1, "Access to Capital: Can Small Businesses Access the Credit Necessary to Grow and Create Jobs?"

1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn House Office Building

House Veterans' Affairs

June 1, "Putting America's Veterans Back to Work

10 a.m., 334 Cannon House Office Building

House Ways & Means

June 2, on how business tax reform can encourage job creation

10 a.m., 1100 Longworth House Office Building

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

June 2, Israel/Palestinian Authority Update (closed hearing)10 a.m., HVC-304