2020 Press Releases

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• 12/7/2020 AG Tong Statement on Nomination of California AG Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

• 11/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement On Eversource Communications Failure

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding yet another failure in Eversource’s outage reporting communications system. The Office of the Attorney General will address the repeated failures of the automated outage reporting system as part of the open Tropical Storm Isaias docket before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

• 8/13/2020 AG Tong Joins Coalition of Attorneys General in Opposition to IRS Proposed Rule to Undermine the ACA

  Rule seeks to expand non-ACA compliant healthcare by allowing healthcare sharing ministries as coverage

• 8/6/2020 AG Tong Statement on State Supreme Court Affirmation of State Absentee Ballot Provisions

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the full Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the state’s absentee ballot provisions protecting voters in the August primary during this unprecedented pandemic.

• 8/5/2020 AG Tong Urges Senate to Pass Legislation to Ensure Relief for All Federal Student Loan Borrowers Impacted by Covid-19 Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson in urging the U.S. Senate to provide relief for all federal student loan borrowers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) currently only covers federal student loans owned by the federal government, excluding nearly 8 million borrowers whose federal student loans are owned by private entities.

• 8/6/2020 AG Tong Announces Settlement with Company that Sent Mailers Resembling Government Forms to Connecticut Businesses

  Attorney General William Tong along with Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill and Department of Consumer Protection commissioner Michelle Seagull, announced a settlement today with ANS, INC. d/b/a Workplace Compliance Services resolving a case involving allegations of government imposter fraud.

• 7/27/2020 Attorney General Tong Response to Legislator Request

  Attorney General William Tong released a response to Senator Leonard A. Fasano’s request dated July 24, 2020.

• 7/17/2020 AG Tong Announces Restitution for 559 Consumers Targeted by Illegal Spark Energy Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull announced that they have agreed to a settlement that would provide for full restitution for at least 559 residential electric consumers who enrolled in overpriced contracts with Spark Energy as a result of an illegal robocall campaign.

• 8/6/2020 AG Tong Moves to Intervene in PURA Investigation, Urges PURA to Consider Potential Fines for Failed Storm Response

  Attorney General William Tong today formally requested to intervene in the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's open investigation of the Eversource and United Illuminating response to Tropical Storm Isaias. The Attorney General is urging PURA to put the company on notice of potential fines and penalties.

• 10/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Block Robocall Loopholes

  Attorney General William Tong today filed an amicus brief in Facebook v. Noah Duguid, a U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the scope of the protections of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

• 3/20/2020 Office of the Attorney General Fully Operational as Majority of Workers Move to Telework Status

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that the Office of the Attorney General is fully operational as the majority of workers shift to telework status.

• 10/27/2020 AG Tong Joins 22 State Coalition Opposing Trump Administration's Drastic Limits on International Student Visas

  DHS Proposed Rule Threatens Students’ Ability to Earn Degrees, Harms State Economies

• 3/24/2020 Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Warn Consumers, Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries of Fraudulent Covid-19 At-home Testing Kits

  Attorney General William Tong and Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull are warning consumers about scammers who may try to capitalize on fears of the COVID-19 pandemic by marketing and selling fake at-home testing kits for coronavirus.

• 9/14/2020 Connecticut Sues Exxon For Decades of Deceit Regarding Climate Change

  Attorney General Tong Seeking Remediation and Restitution for Climate Damage, Civil Penalties, Disgorgement of Profits

• 8/6/2020 AG Tong, DRS Commissioner John Biello Warn CT Residents: Don't Fall Victim to Illegitimate Mailings

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Revenue Services Acting Commissioner John Biello are warning Connecticut residents to be wary of mailings that claim to be warrants collecting unpaid tax debt.