Washington, Sept. 15 -- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), alongside Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Deborah Ross (D-NC) introduced the Survivors' Rights Restitution Act (https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pressley_Survivors-Rights-Restitution-Act.pdf), first-of-its-kind legislation that would create a restitution fund in the judicial branch for survivors of sexual violence whose rights were violated by the federal government, including all survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Congresswoman Leger Fernandez announced this historic proposal alongside survivors and survivors' rights advocates at a pre...