Perot visits Capitol Hill, sharply criticizes lawmakers WASHINGTON (AP) — Ross Perot bearing sharp words for both Congress and the White House, exhorted lawmakers Tuesday to abandon lives of "opulence" and accused President Clinton of surrounding himself with aides "who never created a job or ran a business The 1092 independent presidential candidate told a House-Senate committee on txmgressional reform that he intended to begin citing a "pork-of-the-month" prefer t to highlight wasteful spending "You must eliminate all of the txurks and practices that hove caused the American people to lose confidence in Congress." Perot told the panel. "The While House must do the same." said Perot, who visited Capitol Hill on the same day os President Clinton They did not encounter one another The fiery Texas billionaire, whose independent chal lenge won him 19 percent of the vote, was cheered by supporters and students as he entered a packed hearing room. Perot then proceeded to lecture lawmakers about congressional perquisites and to cast doubt on the abili ty of Clinton's economic plan to create many |obs Perot said Congress should dean up its act. It should do away with all its fringe benefits, end "the junkets, the trips." slash the numlier of committees and ban nil for eign lobbying, he said "Do you really believe that most of us here are crooks?” asked Rep. fee Hamilton. D-Ind. "Are we real ly that bod?" The Dallas businessman said that A merit ans felt Con gress "is not responsive to the people It is responsive to the special interests ' And, he added. "We get funnv ‘The American people cannot be expected to sacrifice while their elected servants continue to live lives of far greater opulence than they.' — Ross Perot, 1992 independent presidential candidate talk we don't understand " Perot got a standing ovation from the audience, whic h included many of his supporters, as he began his testi mony and was at first treated deferentially by committee members of both parties. But. as he heaped criticism on both the Clinton White House and Congress, some of the exchanges between Perot and the committee became testy. Perot voiced clear skepticism about Clinton's $30 bil lion stimulus package the White House claims will cre ate 500.000 |obs over the next few years "The government does not have a good record creating jobs." Perot said, adding that Clinton should get some one on his staff that knows bow to make things work. He said Clinton had "a tremendous and creative team (but) none of them ever created a job ur ran a business That brought protests from both Sens. David Prvor. l)-Ark . and Harry Reid. D-Aru . who noted that Clin ton s i hief of staff. Mack Mi Uartv. was a self-made mil lionairc businessman from Arkansas. "OK, fine, vou've got one in the barrel." Perot said. ”1 hope they'll listen to him " Perot suggested that McLarty had not been all that suc cessful as a businessman — bringing further complaints from Pryor and Reid McLarty was former chief execu tive officer of Arkla Inc., a Fortune 500 gas utility with 1992 operating revenues of $92H 1 million When McLarty left Arkla last year, the company had just reported a S2? fi million third-quarter loss. Support ers say Arkla had problems adjusting to industry dereg ulation under McLarty's predecessor and McLarty moved quickly to sell off assets and reduce expenses "He is a fine fellow." Perot said sarcastically of Mdar ty. "I regret that anything came up that people would have to fall on their swords to defend him." Reid claimed Perot used misleading facts and figures in condemning Congress and the administration on its efforts to get spending under control "Get your facts straight." Reid told Perot. Perot said Congress — and the administration — must start calling a tax a tax. decrease the influence of lobby ists and wasteful spending, and streamline both branch es of government. "The American people cannot he expected to sacrifice while their elected servants continue to live lives of far greater opulence than they." Perot said Lawmakers have come under fire for their perquisites, including their gyms, haircutting shops, pharmacy, physit tan's office and reserved parking at Washington National Airport. LATE NIGHT with Track Town Pizza All Medium Pizzas • DISCOUNTED • Medium 1 Item $6.95 Additional toppings available All Medium Specialty Pizzas $3.00 Off! All Term Long! 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