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On February 16, 2026, standing alongside Rochester survivors and advocates at Willow Domestic Violence 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 those who enabled them, cannot escape responsibility by running out the clock. It makes clear the law will empower survivors to pursue justice, and it recognizes something survivors have always known: time does not erase harm. Jeffrey Epstein depended on silence and fear, on a system that protected power instead of protecting people. Today, we are saying no more. The time for justice is now, and Congress must act.”