2019 Press Releases

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• 7/9/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS COALITION OPPOSING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RULE TO DENY CRITICAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO IMMIGRANTS

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 23 states led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine today in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) opposing a new rule proposal that would deny housing assistance to mixed-status families that include any undocumented immigrants.

• 5/15/2019 LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN CONNECTICUT PASSES HOUSE

• 12/9/2019 WAYZARO WALTON WILL REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES -- BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS AFFIRMS THAT CONNECTICUT PARDONS COUNT

  Attorney General William Tong Personally Argued Case Before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, filed Amicus Brief with Board of Immigration Appeals

• 10/22/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG OPPOSES EPA EFFORT TO UNDERMINE STATE ROLE IN PROTECTING CLEAN WATER

  Attorney General William Tong joined 22 other state attorneys general today in filing a comment letter expressing formal opposition to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rule to unlawfully limit state authority to protect our own water.

• 7/3/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG FILES SUPREME COURT BRIEF TO PROTECT LGBTQ+ EMPLOYEES FROM DISCRIMINATION

  (Hartford, CT) — On the heels of Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that began the modern gay rights movement, Attorney General William Tong joined Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal anti-discrimination laws protect LGBTQ+ employees. The coalition will be filing the brief in three cases pending before the court that involve workers being fired based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

• 7/2/2019 AG TONG STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S DECISION TO ABANDON EFFORTS TO ADD CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO 2020 CENSUS

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced today it would abandon its unrelenting effort to add the citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

• 5/14/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS MULTISTATE LAWSUIT DEFENDING MEDICAID HOMECARE WORKERS

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate lawsuit led by California, to oppose the Trump Administration’s final rule that undermines Connecticut's 4,300 direct homecare workers who provide services to 15,000 Medicaid recipients each month through the state's Medicaid personal care services program.

• 7/26/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG SLAMS EPA’S ATTEMPT TO LIMIT CLEAN WATER ACT OVERSIGHT

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 13 states and environmental agencies in filing a comment letter denouncing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) guidance that attempts to roll back state involvement in the permitting of federal projects under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

• 12/3/2019 STATE OFFICIALS URGE CONSUMERS TO BE CAUTIOUS WHILE GIVING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

  The Departments of Consumer Protection (DCP) and Banking (DOB) with Attorney General William Tong and the Better Business Bureau Serving Connecticut are urging Connecticut families to give cautiously this holiday season.

• 7/30/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS COALITION OF 22 STATES ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN URGING CONGRESS TO ACT ON TOXIC ‘FOREVER’ CHEMICALS

  Attorney General William Tong today released a joint letter to Congress, signed by a coalition of 22 state attorneys general and led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, strongly urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to aid states in addressing the public health threat of toxic “forever” chemicals.

• 7/5/2019 AG TONG APPLAUDS NINTH CIRCUIT DECISION THAT MAINTAINS RULING BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today regarding the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal's decision to deny the Trump Administration's emergency motion for a stay of the district court's order blocking construction of a border wall in California, New Mexico and Arizona with funds that were unlawfully diverted, while the appeal is pending.

• 10/22/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG CONFIRMS CONNECTICUT PARTICIPATION IN MULTISTATE ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION INTO FACEBOOK

  Attorney General William Tong confirmed today that Connecticut is participating in a bipartisan, multistate coalition of attorneys general investigating potential antitrust violations by social media giant Facebook.

• 8/7/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER COLEMAN-MITCHELL ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT WITH HARTFORD HEALTHCARE TO TAKE AND ADMINISTER INHEALTH MEDICAL RECORDS

  Attorney General William Tong and Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Renée Coleman-Mitchell today announced an agreement between Hartford Healthcare and InHealth Med CT, PC to take over the possession of and administer the distribution of medical records requested by former InHealth patients.

• 7/9/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG STATEMENT ON TEXAS V. U.S. ARGUMENTS

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement as a federal appeals court hears arguments today in Texas v. U.S

• 7/10/2019 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS COALITION DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN CIVIL DETENTION

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general, led by California and Massachusetts, in filing an amicus brief to defend the human rights of immigrant children in civil detention in the United States.