Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has agreed to testify before Congress about his failure to immediately inform the White House of his prostate cancer diagnosis and emergency hospital stay last month.

Austin is set to testify before the House armed services committee on Feb. 29, a committee spokesperson confirmed to several media outlets this week. HuffPost has contacted the spokesperson for more details.

The former Army general, 70, was hospitalized on Jan. 1 after experiencing complications from a surgery, but his aides failed to inform White House officials about the hospitalization until Jan. 4. Austin admitted to some missteps at the time, saying he recognized he could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed.

He returned to work on Jan. 29 and issued a more direct apology three days later.