2022 Press Releases

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• 5/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Defense of California’s Waiver for Clean Car Standards

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in filing a motion to intervene in defense of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to restore California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas (GHG) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standards.

• 5/17/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Brief in Support of New York's Anti-Discrimination Law

  Arguing that a business owner’s religious beliefs do not give her a right to discriminate against customers, Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit defending the constitutionality of New York’s anti-discrimination law.

• 5/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan, Nationwide Coalition Defending Affordable Drug Prices

  Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan, nationwide coalition of attorneys general in two amicus briefs defending affordable drug prices before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit and District of Columbia.

• 5/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Multistate Effort to Protect Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Care

  Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from Rhode Island and Illinois today filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to protect mental health and substance abuse disorder care in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois.

• 5/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Calls for Federal Contract Workers to Receive Fair Wages

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of attorneys general supporting the federal government’s actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors.

• 5/4/2022 Attorney General Tong Secures $1.2 Million for Connecticut Consumers Deceived by TurboTax

  Attorney General William Tong today secured $1.2 million in restitution for 40,841 Connecticut consumers from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc. (Intuit) who deceived consumers into paying for tax services that should have been free.

• 5/3/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passage of Asian American Studies Legislation

  Attorney General William Tong tonight praised passage of state legislation requiring Asian American and Pacific Islander studies to be included in social study curriculum for Connecticut public schools.

• 5/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Reported Supreme Court Vote to Overturn Roe v. Wade

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding media reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

• 5/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges Scrutiny of Eversource Smart Meter Plan

  Attorney General William Tong filed comments with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking scrutiny of an Eversource proposal to charge ratepayers $620 million for new smart meter technology.

• 4/28/2022 Attorney General Tong Sues Postal Service for Flawed Environmental Review Used to Justify Purchase of Massive Fossil Fuel-Powered Vehicle Fleet

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 16 other attorneys general, the City of New York, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in suing the U.S. Postal Service and challenging its deeply flawed environmental analysis for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program.

• 4/27/2022 Attorney General Tong Praises Confirmation of Vanessa Avery as United States Attorney

  Attorney General William Tong praised the confirmation today of Vanessa Avery to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Vanessa Avery currently serves as the Associate Attorney General for Enforcement, Litigation and Investigations in the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General.

• 4/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Warns Connecticut Residents to be Wary of Scam Fire Department Text Messages

  Attorney General Tong today warned Connecticut residents to be wary of text message scams pretending to sell merchandise benefiting local fire departments.

• 4/18/2022 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Animals Seized from Hebron Animal Rescue

  Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of 70 animals seized from an overcrowded and unsanitary Hebron animal rescue.

• 4/13/2022 Attorney General Tong Applauds EPA for Plan to Reaffirm Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

  Comments Support EPA’s Plan to Reverse the Trump Administration’s Illegal Finding Against Regulating Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

• 4/12/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Protect Family Planning Funding

  Attorney General William Tong has taken legal action to protect access to reproductive health care and restore federal funding for family planning services.