Mr. Chair, our proposal is to change the short title to “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Practices Act”. We want to remove the word “cultural”. As we've explained before, whatever the government's intent may be—it may be perfectly benign—certain communities have taken this as an attack upon them, even though these practices are common to all cultures. We do not think the inclusion of this word adds anything of substance to the bill. It is perceived as an attack on many communities, who have acknowledged this point. We think it certainly does more harm than good, and we should therefore remove the word “cultural” from the short title.
On May 12th, 2015. See this statement in context.