2021 Press Releases

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• 6/28/2021 AG Tong Leads Coalition Urging Federal Energy Regulators to Curb Needless Incentives for Transmission Developers

  Attorney General William Tong this week led a coalition of attorneys general, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Office of Consumer Counsel, and state ratepayer advocates reiterating a call to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject unnecessary and unjust incentive payments to transmission developers.

• 7/29/2021 Attorney General Tong Reaches Agreement with Biden Administration to Crack Down on Air Pollution

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of five states and the City of New York announcing an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would commit the federal government to addressing pollution that blows into Connecticut and creates unhealthy ground-level ozone (commonly known as smog).

• 4/26/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Void Trump-Era Rule Eliminating Key Limits on Dangerous Pollutants

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the cities of Denver and Chicago in urging Congress to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to invalidate a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that eliminates key limits on pollutants from oil and gas facilities that contribute to climate change and smog.

• 3/30/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on President Biden's Actions to Respond to Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia and Bias

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement supporting President Joe Biden’s announcement today outlining additional actions to respond to Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia and Bias.

• 8/11/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $350,000 Settlement With Cornell Scott Hill Health Corporation Over Dental Service Overbilling

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $350,000 joint state and federal settlement with Cornell Scott Hill Health Corporation (CSHHC) resolving allegations that the New Haven-based health center carried out a policy that resulted in overbilling the state’s Medicaid program for certain dental services.

• 5/11/2021 AG Tong Joins Coalition of 44 Attorneys General Urging Facebook to Abandon Launch of Instagram Kids

  Coalition Sends Letter Expressing Serious Concerns Over Safety and Well-Being of Children

• 12/29/2021 The Year in Review: A Message from Attorney General Tong

• 6/2/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FERC to Tighten Climate and Environmental Justice Scrutiny for New Gas Pipelines

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of nine attorneys general urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to strengthen its certification policies for new natural gas pipelines to scrutinize disproportionate impacts on overburdened environmental justice communities, as well as achievement of national and state greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.

• 8/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Defends Right of Transgender Americans to Have IDs That Match Their Gender Identity

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general, led by California, in an amicus brief in Corbitt v. Taylor in defense of the right of transgender Alabamians to obtain driver’s licenses that correspond with their gender identity.

• 7/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $26 Billion Agreement With Opioid Distributors/Manufacturer

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an historic $26 billion agreement with pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson to bring desperately needed resources to fight the opioid crisis. Connecticut will receive approximately $300 million as part of the landmark settlement.

• 3/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on Violence Against Asian Americans

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement regarding violence against Asian-Americans following the murder of eight people in Atlanta, six of whom were Asian.

• 10/27/2021 AG Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban

  Following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will hear two challenges to Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general asking the Court to block the ban from going into effect and allow challenges to the ban to proceed.

• 3/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Applauds Successful Conclusion of Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Food Assistance Cuts, Urges Congress to Expand Program

  Attorney General William Tong today applauded the federal court of appeals in D.C.’s dismissal of an appeal of a decision striking down the Trump Administration’s attempt to revoke food assistance for approximately 700,000 Americans.

• 5/26/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition of AGs Urging Congressional Support for Fraud and Scam Reduction Act

  Attorney General William Tong is joining a coalition of 47 attorneys general in urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The act, comprised of the Stop Senior Scam Act and Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2021, will assist stakeholders in training employees to recognize the warning signs of elder fraud and to prevent irreversible damage to elderly victims.

• 7/28/2021 AG Tong Statement on CCDL vs. Lamont Decision

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Connecticut Citizen’s Defense League vs. Lamont.