US Congress PCI hearings

What could be worse: a vague and hastily thrown together mashup of security protections masquerading as a security framework or standard, or having the government get into the act?  Now you don't have to choose: you can have the worst of both worlds!  Follow the US Congress hearings on PCI!  Or, follow the commentary into the hearings on Twitter (which is fairly random and noisy, but probably makes just as much sense).