Capitol Lens | Comforting hand – Roll Call

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Comforting hand

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By Bill Clark

Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:26pm

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, consoles Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Giuffre — who was one of the more prominent victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and who died by suicide last year — at an event in the Capitol on Tuesday in support of legislation that aims to eliminate the statute of limitations for trafficking.

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