Members of Congress excited to meet Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck hit Capitol Hill on Wednesday, and several lawmakers hit Twitter with the news that they met the actor.

The “Argo” director and star is testifying about the Congo at a committee hearing, and took several meetings with members of Congress beforehand.
 
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) tweeted from behind the scenes of the hearing, and the committee's ranking member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) both shared pictures of their meetings with the star.

Welcoming @benaffleck to #HASC today where he is testifying on the security situation in Congo #DRC twitter.com/BuckMcKeon/sta…

— Buck McKeon (@BuckMcKeon) December 19, 2012

Met @benaffleckwho is testifying onevolving security situation in the Congo before@hascrepublicans. twitpic.com/bndz4x

— Blake Farenthold (@farenthold) December 19, 2012

@rep_adam_smith and Ben Affleck meet before hearing on security situation in #congo twitter.com/HASCDemocrats/…

— House Armed Services (@HASCDemocrats) December 19, 2012

Along with being a likely frontrunner for the Oscars next year, Affleck is a humanitarian who founded the Eastern Congo Initiative. He has testified before Congress several times on the crisis in the Congo.

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