Barbara Boxer: “I call this amendment the ``Gucci afterschool amendment'' because we are asking millionaires to give up one Gucci jacket…”

“I call this amendment the ``Gucci afterschool amendment'' because we are asking millionaires to give up one Gucci jacket or $2,000 out of their $114,000 tax cut they are going to get in 2007 so we can offer 716,000 additional children an afterschool program. This amendment begins to fulfill the promise this President and this Congress made to our children. It will mean a big difference in every Senator's children's lives. In other words, I am looking at Senators all across this country. Every one of their States will see an increase of eligible children: in Alaska, 3,000 more children; in Florida, 33,000 more; in Indiana, 9,000 more; in Maine, 3,000 more--and it goes on--in New Hampshire, 3,000 more; in Ohio, 20,000 more; in Pennsylvania, 27,000 more; in Texas, 68,000 more. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.”