Members of Congress excited to meet Ben Affleck

{mosads}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.
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— 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.