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2019 Press Releases

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  • 3/26/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS COALITION OF 21 ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN BRIEF DEFENDING ACA IN TEXAS V. US

    Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, in filing an opening brief in Texas v. U.S., defending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the healthcare of tens of millions of Americans. The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, argues that every provision of the ACA remains valid. It also details the harm that declaring the ACA invalid would have on the tens of millions of people who rely on it for access to high-quality, affordable healthcare, as well as the broader damage that it would do to the nation’s healthcare system.

  • 5/1/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS MULTISTATE COALITION URGING FDA BAN ON FLAVORED E CIGARETTES

    Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing comments this week urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stronger action to address the scourge of e-cigarette use among youth, including a full ban on all flavored e-cigarettes.

  • 6/25/2019 TONG OPPOSES CHANGES TO CALCULATION OF FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD

    Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and New York Attorney General Letitia James, in submitting a comment letter to the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), opposing a proposal to change the way the federal poverty threshold is calculated. According to the attorneys general, the proposed adjustment could result in millions of Americans becoming ineligible for, or entitled to less, government-funded benefits.

  • 11/15/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG OPPOSES PLAN TO UNDERMINE IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN

    Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by California, fighting against a federal proposal that would undermine immigration protections for abused children.

  • 3/20/2019 STATE ANNOUNCES THIRD EXTENSION OF AMPHASTAR REBATES FOR NALOXONE PURCHASES

    Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong today announced the third extension of a rebate agreement with California drug-manufacturer Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the purchase of naloxone by the State of Connecticut or local municipalities and town agencies. The two-year agreement will extend the $6 rebate on every purchase of naloxone—also known by the brand name Narcan.

  • 11/15/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG SUES EPA TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S ADVANCED CLEAN CAR STANDARDS

    Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its attempt to revoke California's waiver permitting the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) and zero emission vehicle (ZEV) standards. The action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is part of the coalition’s ongoing fight to protect California’s Advanced Clean Car Standards. These standards are followed, in whole or in part, by 13 other states including Connecticut and are a key part of state efforts to protect public health and the environment.

  • 7/26/2019 AG TONG: T-MOBILE/SPRINT MEGAMERGER REMAINS A BAD DEAL FOR CONSUMERS, INNOVATION, AND WORKERS

    Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 13 additional attorneys general from across the nation today expressed concern about a newly announced deal — approved, in principle, by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) — supporting the proposed megamerger between telecommunications giants T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corporation.

  • 12/31/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS MULTISTATE COALITION OPPOSING TRUMP EFFORT THAT PUTS HAITIAN-BORN RESIDENTS AT RISK OF DEPORTATION

    Attorney General William Tong today joined a group of 21 state attorneys general in challenging the Trump Administration’s effort to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals. If the administration is allowed to move forward, Haitian TPS holders in Connecticut and other states would lose their legal status, leaving them vulnerable to deportation.

  • 12/27/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS MULTISTATE EFFORT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS

    Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general, led by California, in filing a comment letter to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to protect the rights of asylum-seekers from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The letter opposes a new Trump Administration interim rule that will allow DOJ and DHS to remove asylum-seekers to countries where they face continued violence and persecution, and where inadequate justice systems cannot protect them.

  • 12/9/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ASKS FTC TO STRENGTHEN ONLINE PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN

    Attorney General William Tong and a bipartisan coalition of twenty-five state attorneys general today submitted a comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) asking the agency to strengthen its rules prohibiting websites, mobile applications, and other digital marketing companies from collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 and using that information to track children across the internet.

  • 10/30/2019 CONNECTICUT SUES EPA OVER FAILURE TO ACT ON CROSS STATE AIR POLLUTION

    Attorney General William Tong and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to take required steps to compel state action to control cross-state air pollution.

  • 9/19/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG, GOVERNOR LAMONT, COMMISSIONER DYKES CONDEMN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO ROB CALIFORNIA’S LEGAL AUTHORITY TO SET EMISSION STANDARDS

    Attorney General William Tong, Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today condemned the Trump Administration’s unprecedented action to revoke California’s waiver to establish vehicle emissions standards for greenhouse gas emissions and standards to require manufacturers to sell zero emissions vehicles. These standards are vital to curbing emissions, and addressing air quality issues and the climate crisis.

  • 8/22/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG FILES BRIEF TO PROTECT WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO SAFE ABORTION SERVICES

    Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 16 states led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today to file an amicus brief supporting women’s access to safe reproductive health care. The coalition filed the brief in Whole Woman’s Health Alliance v. Hill, which is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

  • 2/13/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS LETTER URGING CFPB TO REJECT ANTI-CONSUMER PROTECTION POLICIES

    Attorney General William Tong joined 21 other state attorneys general in signing a letter authored by New York Attorney General Letitia James urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to abandon recently-proposed policies that would erode critical consumer protections under the guise of fostering innovation in the consumer financial marketplace.

  • 8/21/2019 AG TONG STATEMENT ON TRUMP PLAN FOR INDEFINITE MASS FAMILY DETENTION

    Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today denouncing the latest plan by the Trump Administration to ignore the Flores settlement and initiate plans for indefinite mass detention of immigrant families.

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