2021 Press Releases

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• 11/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Tri-State Coalition in Calling for EPA to Tighten Controls on Air Pollution from Trucks

  Smog Originating from Truck Emissions Poses a Particular Health Threat in Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color

• 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.

• 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.”

• 11/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Efforts to Stop Robocallers From Misusing Legitimate Phone Numbers

  Attorney General William Tong this week wrote the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of its efforts to reduce illegal robocallers’ access to legitimate phone numbers to make unending robocalls that scam people out of their hard-earned money.

• 11/15/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Reform Military Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 23 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, calling on Congress to pass the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act of 2021.

• 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.

• 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.

• 11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Supporting Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act

  Attorney General William Tong today co-led a letter to Congress signed by 43 attorneys general in support of the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021.

• 11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Caution Following Robinhood Data Breach

  Attorney General William Tong urged Robinhood users to exercise additional caution following a data breach that exposed millions of customer names and email addresses.

• 10/27/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Florida's Firearm Age Regulation

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in defending a Florida law prohibiting the sale of firearms to people under the age of 21. In an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the coalition argues that states have the right to enact reasonable, age-based firearm regulations that protect public safety and reduce the prevalence of gun violence.

• 10/27/2021 AG Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban

  Following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will hear two challenges to Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general asking the Court to block the ban from going into effect and allow challenges to the ban to proceed.

• 10/26/2021 Attorney General Tong Warns Against Unregulated and Illegal Cannabis Products Sold in Look-Alike Packaging

  Attorney General William Tong is warning the public about the dangers of cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives in packaging designed to look like well-known snack foods and candy.

• 10/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Protect Children from Toxic Metals in Baby Food

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the health and well-being of babies across the United States by accelerating actions to remove toxic heavy metals found in infant and toddler foods. The petition responds to rising alarm about the health hazards posed by dangerous heavy metals in these foods, and the failure of baby food brands and their suppliers to aggressively reduce these hazards.

• 10/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Pit Bulls Seized in Orange Dog Fighting Raid

  Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of seven pit bulls seized in a raid of an Orange property suspected of operating as part of a multistate illegal dog fighting ring. Today’s action is the latest development in an ongoing police investigation.

• 10/19/2021 Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Urge Charities and Donors to be on Alert for Bad Actors During This Year’s International Charity Fraud Awareness Week

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commission Michelle Seagull are urging Connecticut charities and donors to be on alert for bad actors during this year’s International Charity Fraud Awareness Week, a global campaign to prevent and fight fraud in the charity sector.