Geithner to defend Obama's budget in Senate committees next week

President Obama's budget, slated for release on Monday, will dominate discussion in several of the Senate's most powerful committees next week.

Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Timothy Geithner will act as President Obama's rearguard on Capitol Hill, presenting and defending the budget in both the Senate's Finance and Budget Committees. 

In Senate committees next week:

Armed Services

Feb. 14, "Hearings to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program"

9:30 a.m., G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building     

Key Witnesses:
Leon Panetta, secretary of Defense
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff    

Feb. 16, "Hearings to examine the current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open session"

9:30 a.m., G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building        

Key Witness:
James Clapper, Jr., director of National Intelligence

Budget

Feb. 14, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013"

10 a.m., 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Feb. 15, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Transportation"

10 a.m., 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building    

Key Witness:
Ray LaHood, secretary of the Department of Transportation

Feb. 16, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 and revenue proposals"

10 a.m., 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building     

Key Witness:
Timothy Geithner, secretary of the Department of Treasury

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Feb. 14, "Hearings to examine pain in America, focusing on exploring challenges to relief"

2:30 p.m., 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building         

Finance

Feb. 14, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013"

10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building        

Key Witness:
Timothy Geithner, secretary of the Department of Treasury

Feb. 15, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013"

10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building        

Key Witness:
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Feb. 15, "Hearings to examine violence against Roma in Europe, focusing on violence in the region, and human rights violations"

2 p.m., B318 The Rayburn House Office Building       

Energy and Natural Resources

Feb. 16, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Energy"

9:30 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building         

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Feb. 16, "Hearings to examine the European debt crisis and its implications"

10 a.m., 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building         

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Feb. 16, "Hearings to examine securing America's future, focusing on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012"

2:30 p.m., 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building