2021 Press Releases

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• 1/13/2021 AG Tong Urges Public to Report Information Regarding US Capitol Attack to FBI, Joins State Attorneys General in Condemning Attack

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 50 states, territories, and the District of Columbia sending a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen condemning the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and stating such actions cannot be allowed to go unchecked.

• 1/13/2021 Attorney General Tong Challenges Trump Administration Rule Leaving in Place Insufficient Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to leave current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter pollution unchanged.

• 11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Scrutiny of Planned Closure of Windham Hospital Obstetric Unit

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted comments to the Office of Health Strategy urging careful scrutiny of the planned termination of obstetrics services at Windham Hospital.

• 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.

• 1/15/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Suit to Block Trump Administration Rule That Locks In Dangerous Levels of Airplane Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition suing to block an unlawful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would lock in dangerously high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from airplanes.

• 12/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. District Court Decision Vacating Purdue Bankruptcy

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court ruling this evening vacating the Purdue bankruptcy order that granted unprecedented lifetime legal immunity to the Sackler family.

• 3/30/2021 Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers to be Vigilant of Social Media Selling Scams

  Attorney General William Tong is warning consumers to be vigilant of an overpayment scam targeting individuals selling items on social media.

• 10/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban

  Today, Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in urging the United States Supreme Court to stop Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), by vacating the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ stay of a District Court order blocking the ban from going into effect.

• 9/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting Texas Abortion Ban, Vows to Fight in Every Court in Every State Where Choice is Under Attack

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in a court brief challenging the Texas six-week abortion ban as an unconstitutional effort to overturn nearly five decades of Supreme Court precedent. With additional states across the country seeking to impose additional barriers to safe access to reproductive healthcare, Attorney General Tong today was joined by Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, advocates, and legislators in vowing to continue the fight in every court in every state where access to abortion care is under attack.

• 11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition In Opposing Restrictive Abortion Laws

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in filing an amicus brief supporting a constitutional challenge to several Indiana laws that impose burdensome restrictions on abortion providers.