SCHUMER, STANDING WITH BUFFALO SURVIVORS & ADVOCATES, ANNOUNCES NEW LEGISLATION - IN HONOR OF EPSTEIN VICTIMS - TO END FEDERAL STATUTE-OF-LIMITATIONS BARRIER THAT LETS ABUSERS ESCAPE AND DENIES SURVIVORS JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:

Standing alongside Buffalo survivors and advocates at BRAVE Trauma Recovery Center, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today announced Virginia's Law, new landmark legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations that has shielded traffickers like Jeffrey Epstein and denied sexual exploitation survivors their day in court.

"Justice should not expire. No survivor should ever be told that the law failed them, and time mattered more than the truth. That's why I'm proud to introduce Virginia's Law to eliminate the federal statute of limitations barriers that have kept too many survivors from pursuing justice," said Senator Schumer. "Our law makes clear that abusers, and ...