Why does Congress like to put celebrity 'mouthpieces' in front of their worthless committee hearings? Because the 'news' shows tune in then. The Congress-critters don't care if the 'public' is informed, they just want their mugs on the tube.
As for Affleck-ted, I'll wait to hear what he has to say to pass judgement. Hell, he may happen to know a lot, I don't know. I'm sure a posse of "experts" would get NO 'coverage' - and Congress isn't going to do shit anyway, so what the F?
This is nothing new. Sally Field, Jessica Lange, and "she who shall not be named" appeared in the late 80's/early 90's to 'testify' about conditions with farmers, since they had all recently been in movies about farmers.
God Bless Steven Colbert for the balls to show them what idiots they were for asking someone like him to testify! (If you haven't seen the video, you should.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T75jBYeCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDCgOvVOx8