2021 Press Releases

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• 6/23/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on PURA Decision to Accept Amended Settlement Agreement with UI

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a decision today by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to accept an amended settlement agreement with United Illuminating and state entities to provide millions of dollars in immediate savings and long-term stability for UI customers.

• 10/8/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Review of Unprecedented Overhaul of U.S. Postal Service

• 9/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting Texas Abortion Ban, Vows to Fight in Every Court in Every State Where Choice is Under Attack

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in a court brief challenging the Texas six-week abortion ban as an unconstitutional effort to overturn nearly five decades of Supreme Court precedent. With additional states across the country seeking to impose additional barriers to safe access to reproductive healthcare, Attorney General Tong today was joined by Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, advocates, and legislators in vowing to continue the fight in every court in every state where access to abortion care is under attack.

• 8/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $75 Million Settlement with Bristol Myers Squibb over Medicaid Charges

  Attorney General William Tong announced a $75 million settlement today between today states and the federal government resolving allegations that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company overcharged the state Medicaid programs for drugs.

• 4/5/2021 Attorney General Tong joins 24 states and the District of Columbia in urging US Department of Education to forgive loans of certain ITT Tech students

  Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Department of Education to cancel federal student loan debt of those who attended ITT Technical Institute.

• 10/8/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement praising the announcement this week that the U.S. Department of Education is easing restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to provide immediate relief to thousands of public servants.

• 8/30/2021 Attorney General Tong, Healthcare Advocate Urge "Highest Level of Scrutiny" for Insurance Rate Hike Requests

  In joint comments submitted today to the Connecticut Insurance Department, Attorney General William Tong and Healthcare Advocate Ted Doolittle sought the “highest level of scrutiny” for rate hike requests sought by health insurers.

• 3/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Submits Testimony Supporting "An Act Concerning Electric Suppliers"

  Attorney General William Tong submitted written testimony in support of H.B. 6526, An Act Concerning Electric Suppliers, to provide critical consumer protections in the retail electric supply market.

• 8/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition in Calling on FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes and Oral Nicotine Products

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 states and territories in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt the surge of youth nicotine addiction by enacting restrictions on tobacco products that disproportionately harm youth.

• 5/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Effort to Undo Trump-Era Title X Gag Rule

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general today in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) applauding the agency for its Proposed Rule to undo the Trump-Pence Administration’s harmful 2019 Title X Gag Rule.

• 4/20/2021 AG Tong Statement on Today's Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today regarding the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin

• 9/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Opposing Mississippi's Effort to Overturn Aspects of Roe v. Wade

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its precedents protecting a woman’s pre-viability right to choose to terminate a pregnancy.

• 8/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers to be Vigilant of Price Gouging Ahead of Hurricane Henri

• 6/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Secures $14 Million Healthcare Fraud Judgment

  Attorney General William Tong secured a $14,982,081 court judgment against Ramil Mansourov over allegations that the former Norwalk primary care physician illegally billed the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program for millions of dollars in services he never provided.

• 1/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition in Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Opposing Trump Administration “Death to Asylum” Rule

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by California, in two amicus briefs in support of two separate challenges to a Trump Administration rule that guts major aspects of the existing asylum system and effectively eliminates the meaningful right to apply for protection in the United States.