2019 Press Releases

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• 10/31/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG, CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISSIONER SEAGULL WARN AGAINST MEXICAN TIMESHARE RESALE SCAM

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull warned consumers of a scam targeting owners of Mexican timeshares.

• 3/22/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS MULTISTATE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING ANOTHER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACK ON IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief defending the rights of immigrant families to access basic housing, healthcare, and other public benefits.

• 6/27/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT ON CENSUS CITIZENSHIP QUESTION

  Today, following the Supreme Court decision blocking the Trump Administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Attorney General William Tong encouraged residents of Connecticut to participate in the census and ensure an accurate count.

• 12/19/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG: 'WE WILL CONTINUE OUR FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, AND TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT FAMILIES'

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that Americans have health insurance — a key provision of the ACA — is unconstitutional.

• 3/29/2019 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTIFIES FORMER ARGOSY, ART INSTITUTES STUDENTS OF LOAN FORGIVENESS OPTIONS

  In letters to 49 Connecticut online students of two recently closed for-profit schools, the Office of the Attorney General provided information about federal student loan forgiveness options.

• 3/29/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT ON TRUMP THREAT TO CLOSE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the latest threat by President Donald Trump to close the U.S.-Mexico border.

• 12/20/2019 AG TONG JOINS COALITION IN SUING OVER TRUMPS REPEAL OF CLEAN WATER RULE

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general today in suing the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) for rolling back regulations fundamental to improving and maintaining the health of the nation’s waters. The Trump Administration’s “Recodification Rule” repeals the Clean Water Rule, a science-based Obama-era federal regulation that ensured the nation’s lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands received proper protection under the Clean Water Act.

• 7/1/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT AFTER JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP DIVERSION OF FUNDS FOR BORDER WALL

• 4/8/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT ON RESIGNATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY

• 3/29/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG FILES SECOND CIRCUIT AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF WAYZARO WALTON

  Attorney General William Tong today filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Wayzaro Walton who is facing imminent deportation and separation from her family due to misapplication of Connecticut's pardon laws.

• 4/26/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT ON PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ISSUED IN TITLE X GAG RULE

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today after a federal judge in Washington issued a preliminary injunction Thursday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from applying an unconstitutional "gag rule" on Title X reproductive health providers.

• 4/5/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG FILES MOTION TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM DIVERTING FUNDS AND RESOURCES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A BORDER WALL

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 states led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today in filing a motion to block the Trump Administration's attempt to unlawfully divert $1.6 billion in federal funds to build a border wall.

• 3/19/2019 AG TONG OPPOSES CFPB EFFORT TO DELAY PROTECTIONS FROM PAYDAY LENDERS

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 states led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take immediate action to protect consumers from abuses in payday, vehicle title, and other types of high-cost exploitative consumer lending.

• 3/20/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS COALITION OF 21 ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN DEFENSE OF EVIDENCE-BASED TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a 21-state coalition led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro in filing an amicus brief supporting Planned Parenthood’s legal challenge against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ change to the funding structure of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) grant program.

• 10/22/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG AND COALITION WIN APPEAL TO BLOCK TRUMP EFFORT TO STRIP ACCESS TO COST-FREE BIRTH CONTROL

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with a coalition of states in State of California, et al. v. Alex Azar, II, et al., protecting an injunction currently in place. Connecticut is part of the multistate lawsuit seeking to block the Trump Administration's efforts to give employers the ability to deny women access to cost-free birth control guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act.