2021 Press Releases

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• 10/8/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement praising the announcement this week that the U.S. Department of Education is easing restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to provide immediate relief to thousands of public servants.

• 10/5/2021 Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Express Support for Congressional Hearings Addressing Youth Social Media Use

  Send Joint Letter to U.S. Senate Committee Sharing Concerns about Social Media Platforms Exploiting Young People for Profit

• 10/5/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Expedite Philips CPAP Replacement

  Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step up their oversight of the Philips Respironics recall to ensure that millions of impacted patients can resume safe use of their CPAP, biPAP and ventilator devices as soon as possible.

• 10/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks TikTok Leadership Meeting to Discuss Harm to Mental and Physical Safety of Connecticut Students and Educators

  Attorney General William Tong today requested that leadership of TikTok come to Connecticut to meet with educators and parents to hear about and discuss the harmful impact the viral app is having on mental and physical safety of young people and educators.

• 9/29/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Urging EPA to Adopt More Stringent GHG Standards for Light Duty Vehicles

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, the cities of Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, and the counties of Denver and San Francisco in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt more stringent greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) standards for passenger cars and light trucks.

• 9/27/2021 AG Tong Urges Department of Education to Fix Broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take robust action to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

• 9/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Backing Commonsense Approach to Concealed Carry Laws

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending New York’s law regulating when individuals may obtain a license to carry firearms in public.

• 9/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Voices Concern Over Treatment of Haitian Refugees

  Attorneys General Call for Fair, Compassionate Treatment of Haitian Refugees Fleeing Crisis

• 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.

• 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.

• 9/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Calls on NHTSA to Restore Penalties for Automakers That Failed to Comply With Fuel Economy Standards

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in urging the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to restore penalties for automakers that failed to meet corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for model year 2019-2021 vehicles.

• 9/17/2021 Connecticut to Appeal Purdue Bankruptcy Plan

  Attorney General William Tong filed formal notice today with the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York that Connecticut will appeal a controversial and unprecedented decision that purports to extinguish Connecticut’s claims against both Purdue Pharma and the non-bankrupt Sackler family.

• 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.

• 9/13/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $1.6 Million Antitrust Settlements With Two Connecticut Based Physician Practice Management Companies and Two Connecticut Fertility Clinics

  Attorney General William Tong announced today two antitrust settlements totaling $1.6 million with Women’s Health USA, In Vitro Science Inc., the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services, PC and Reproductive Medicine Associates of CT.

• 9/10/2021 Attorney General Tong Responds to Insurance Rate Hikes

  Attorney General William Tong today reacted to news that the Connecticut Insurance Department has approved health insurance rate increases averaging 5.6 percent for the individual market and 6.7 percent for the small group market. In approving the increases, the Insurance Department did reduce rates requested by insurers by 35 percent for the individual market and by 48 percent for the small group market.