2020 Press Releases

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• 1/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Seeking Supreme Court Review of ACA Repeal Case

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a California-led coalition of 20 states and D.C. in filing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Texas v. U.S. The decision held the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional and called into question whether the remaining provisions of the ACA could still stand, including those that protect and provide coverage to Americans with pre-existing conditions. Because this decision causes uncertainty that may harm the health of millions of Americans, and severely impact doctors, clinics, patients, and the healthcare market, Attorney General Tong and the coalition are petitioning the Supreme Court to take up the case and resolve it before the end of the Court’s current term in June.

• 1/2/2020 Attorney General Tong, Secretary of the State Merrill, DCP Commissioner Seagull, and Better Business Bureau Warn Businesses: Don’t Fall Victim to Fraudulent Mailings

  Attorney General William Tong, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull, and the Better Business Bureau Serving Connecticut are urging residents to be wary of deceptive mailings that solicit Connecticut businesses, particularly small business owners, to purchase an unnecessary “certificate of legal existence.”

• 8/28/2020 Attorney General Tong Continues Fight to Protect Dreamers from Trump Administration’s Unlawful and Cruel Policies

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general from around the nation in continuing the fight against the Trump Administration’s efforts to eliminate DACA and threaten Dreamers with deportation.

• 5/4/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Amicus Challenging Title X Gag Rule

  Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, supporting the City of Baltimore in its lawsuit against the Trump-Pence Administration’s Title X rule.

• 6/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Public to Report COVID19 Stimulus Payments Seized by Nursing Homes

  Attorney General William Tong today urged residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and residential care homes and their families to report any instances of improperly seized COVID-19 stimulus payments.

• 9/22/2020 AG Tong Opposes Effort to Weaken Protections For Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals in Shelters

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in opposing the U.S. Department of Housing and Development’s (HUD) new proposed rule that would weaken protections for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in HUD-funded shelters.

• 10/15/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Urging DOJ to Revise Proposed Purdue Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of attorneys general calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to revise a proposed settlement with Purdue Pharma that would preserve the company’s ability to continue OxyContin sales as a public trust corporation.

• 8/14/2020 AG Tong Statement on Trump Efforts to Undermine Postal Service and Block Voting

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s stunning admission this week that his ongoing efforts to gut the U.S. Postal Service are directly aimed at hindering voting in the November election.

• 9/21/2020 AG Tong Warns Connecticut Residents to be on Alert for Utility Scams

  Attorney General William Tong today urged Connecticut residents to be on alert for utility scams after multiple reports of consumers receiving calls purporting to be from Eversource and threatening imminent shut-off of electricity if a payment was not made.

• 9/19/2020 AG Tong Statement on Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement last night on social media on following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• 9/16/2020 Former ITT students to get 330 million in debt relief in settlement

  CFPB, 48 attorneys general secure agreement over PEAKS loans at defunct for-profit school

• 8/18/2020 Attorney General Tong, State Attorneys General to Sue Trump Administration Over Attempts to Undermine Postal Service

  Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut is joining a multistate coalition that will file a federal lawsuit today challenging drastic operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that threaten critical mail delivery ahead of the November election.

• 9/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rollback of Regulations that Limit Methane Emissions

  Attorney General William Tong, joining a coalition of 24 states and municipalities, yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule gutting standards that limit emissions of methane, volatile organic compounds, and other hazardous pollutants from new, reconstructed, and modified facilities in the oil and natural gas industry.

• 6/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Asks Apple and Google to Ensure All Contact Tracing Apps Serve a Public Health Purpose

  Attorney General William Tong and a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general today asked Google and Apple to ensure all contact tracing and exposure notification apps related to COVID-19 adequately protect consumers’ personal information. Specifically, the coalition asked Google and Apple to guarantee that such apps, when available to consumers, are affiliated with a public health authority and removed from Google Play and the App Store once no longer needed by public health authorities.

• 4/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Fight to Stop Texas from Blocking Abortions During Coronavirus Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in Planned Parenthood v. Abbott in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The brief opposes the Texas directive banning nearly all abortion services in the state, using the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health crisis as an excuse.