Now that the administration has released its FY 2009 budget proposal, Congress is gearing up for hearings on that budget, including some devoted to the NASA budget. The House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on February 13th at 10 am devoted to the NASa budget request, with NASA administrator Mike Griffin the one scheduled witness so far. The space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, meanwhile, has a similar hearing scheduled for February 27th at 2:30 pm. The Senate hearing was actually announced back on January 23rd; nothing like planning early, it seems.