2021 Press Releases

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• 9/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Opposing Mississippi's Effort to Overturn Aspects of Roe v. Wade

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its precedents protecting a woman’s pre-viability right to choose to terminate a pregnancy.

• 6/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Applauds Final Passage of Bill to Strengthen Civil Rights Enforcement in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong applauded a bipartisan 96-51 vote in the state House of Representatives to pass legislation strengthening civil rights enforcement in Connecticut.

• 11/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Swift Senate Action to Protect Against Toxic "Forever" Chemicals

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general from around the nation in urging the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee to strengthen public health and environmental protections against “forever chemicals.”

• 9/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Provides Update on Fight Against Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong, who has made fighting robocalls a top priority, today released an update on telecom companies’ progress in implementing the Anti-Robocall Principles he signed onto in 2019.

• 5/20/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Rate Stability for United Illuminating Customers

  In a joint letter filed Wednesday with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Attorney General William Tong, United Illuminating, and other settling parties clarified questions and reaffirmed their commitment to a proposed $46.5 million COVID relief bill credit to decrease and stabilize electric rates into 2023.

• 6/8/2021 Coalition Joined by AG Tong Secures Federal Court Order and Settlement Requiring Asbestos Reporting To Protect Public Health

  Biden’s EPA Settles with States, Ending Trump’s Challenge to Court Decision Requiring Necessary Reporting by the Chemical Industry

• 11/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Nationwide Investigation Into Instagram's Impact on Young People

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a nationwide investigation into Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, for providing and promoting its social media platform – Instagram – to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms.

• 6/11/2021 AGs Tong and Racine Lead Supreme Court Brief Supporting CDC Eviction Ban to Protect Public Health During Pandemic

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that prohibits evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic to help stop the spread of the disease.

• 8/23/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Attorney General Garland to Include Ghost Guns in Firearm Regulations

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a multi-state coalition in submitting a comment to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that encourages the ATF to finalize regulations that would make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law.

• 5/25/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on One Year Anniversary of George Floyd Murder

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.

• 2/3/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Comcast to Scrap Data Cap, Urges Public to Report Usage Data

  Attorney General William Tong today strongly objected to Comcast’s ill-timed plan to implement a new data cap and urged the company to abandon the plan in the midst of the ongoing public health and economic crisis.

• 7/29/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Permanently Extend Expanded Child Tax Credit

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging Congress to permanently extend the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provides a proven and systemic solution that would lift millions of children out of poverty.

• 8/3/2021 Attorney General Tong Shares Safeguards to Ensure $26 Billion Opioid Settlement Funds Go to Save Lives, Fight Opioid Epidemic

  In response to a July 22 inquiry from legislators, Attorney General William Tong outlined provisions in the $26 billion agreements with pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson to ensure funds are spent to save lives and fight the opioid epidemic.

• 2/8/2021 Attorney General Tong Submits Testimony, Co-Authors Op-Ed Supporting Legislation to Prohibit Sale of Flavored Tobacco

  Attorney General William Tong submitted testimony in support of Senate Bill 326, An Act Prohibiting the Sale of Flavored Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products.

• 4/5/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition Fighting Unlawful Sales of Fake Vaccination Cards

  Attorney General William Tong today called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms.