2020 Press Releases

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• 7/17/2020 AG Tong Announces Restitution for 559 Consumers Targeted by Illegal Spark Energy Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull announced that they have agreed to a settlement that would provide for full restitution for at least 559 residential electric consumers who enrolled in overpriced contracts with Spark Energy as a result of an illegal robocall campaign.

• 7/17/2020 Attorney General Tong Seeks Dismissal of Absentee Ballot Challenge

  Attorney General William Tong will personally argue before the Connecticut Supreme Court Monday seeking to dismiss a challenge to the state’s absentee ballot provisions protecting voters in the August primary during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

• 7/15/2020 Attorney General Tong Sues U.S. Department of Education for Unlawfully Repealing Critical "Borrower Defense" Regulations

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in a lawsuit against Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) challenging the unlawful repeal the 2016 “borrower defense” regulations protecting student-borrowers.

• 7/14/2020 AG Tong Statement on Trump Admin Decision to Rescind Visa Rule for International Students

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement today following the decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rescind its cruel and unlawful visa rule for international students

• 7/14/2020 AG Tong Joins Multistate Coalition Urging US Senate to Increase Childcare Funding in the Next Federal Stimulus Package

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging the United States Senate to provide robust financial support for childcare providers in the next federal stimulus bill amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

• 7/13/2020 CT Joins Lawsuit Seeking Nationwide Injunction Against New Visa Rule for International Students

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States.

• 7/9/2020 Attorney General Tong: No One is Above the Law

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on this morning's Supreme Court decisions in Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars USA

• 7/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Little Sisters of the Poor Decision

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on this morning’s Supreme Court decision in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.

• 7/7/2020 Attorney General William Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong today released a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Barr v. AAPC, which upheld the federal robocall ban. Earlier this year, Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 33 states in filing an amicus brief in support of the ban.

• 7/7/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on DHS Student Visa Rule Change

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on ICE's proposed rule change that would force international students to leave the country if their universities move classes online.

• 7/6/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Demanding Trump EPA Do Its Job to Control Methane Pollution

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the Trump Administration must stop ignoring its legal responsibility to control emissions of methane from existing oil and gas operations.

• 7/2/2020 AG Tong Urges U.S. Department of Education to Rescind Title IX Enforcement Threat in Light of SCOTUS Decision

  Attorney General William Tong today sent a letter urging that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights withdraw its “Letter of Impending Enforcement” targeting the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and several Connecticut municipalities in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County affirming that federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination against transgender people.

• 7/2/2020 Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Urging FERC to Curb Needless Incentives For Transmission Developers

  Attorney General William Tong this week led a coalition of attorneys general, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Office of Consumer Counsel and the Maine Ratepayer Advocate urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject unnecessary and unjust incentive payments to transmission developers.

• 6/30/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Equal Rights Amendment

  Today, Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus brief arguing that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) must be accepted as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• 6/30/2020 Attorney General Tong Defends States' Rights to Set Public Safety Priorities

  Attorney General William Tong joined a group of 15 attorneys general defending a New Jersey directive that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.