2025 Press Releases

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• 2/14/2025 Statement of Attorneys General Regarding the Vice President's Comments on Judicial Review on February 9, 2025

  Attorney General William Tong released the following joint statement signed by 17 state attorneys general regarding Vice President Vance’s comments on judicial review made on February 9, 2025.

• 7/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule That Would Cause up to 1.8 Million People to Lose Health Insurance

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition filing a lawsuit challenging an unlawful final rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would create significant barriers to obtaining healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

• 7/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Federal Rollback of Energy Efficiency Standards

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to eliminate energy and water efficiency standards for 16 consumer and commercial appliances.

• 7/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Lawsuit to Block Federal Restrictions on Public Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the federal administration to stop its unlawful attempt to restrict access to critical health, education, and social service programs.

• 3/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Court Order Blocking Trump Administration from Freezing Federal Funds

  Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general today won a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration to block its illegal policy that would freeze funding for essential federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs.

• 5/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Implementation of President Trump's Unlawful Elections Executive Order

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration from implementing Executive Order No. 14248 (Executive Order), an unconstitutional, antidemocratic, and un-American attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.

• 8/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding New Trump Administration List Once Again Falsely Labeling Connecticut a "Sanctuary" Jurisdiction

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security released a new list once-again falsely labeling Connecticut as a state sanctuary jurisdiction.

• 6/11/2025 Connecticut Enters Multistate Legal Fight to Protect Genetic Information in 23andMe Bankruptcy Case from Sale to Highest Bidder

  Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general objecting to the proposed sale of personal genetic information collected by 23andMe.

• 2/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Takes Action to Enforce Court Order Stopping Trump Administration’s Illegal Funding Freeze

  Attorney General William Tong this evening joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple court orders, the administration has continued to block hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to the states from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding freeze threatens critical emergency preparedness and recovery programs to address wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats, and more.

• 1/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Temporary Restraining Order Blocking President Trump’s Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after a federal judge in Washington issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship.

• 1/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump to Block Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship

  Minutes ago, Attorney General William Tong and the attorneys general of 17 other states, the District of Columbia and the City of San Francisco sued President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging the lawless executive order ending birthright citizenship, eviscerating clear constitutional rights to which all children born in the U.S. are entitled.

• 1/23/2025 Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement

  Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement.

• 4/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Tariffs

  Joins Lawsuit Filed by 12 Attorneys General to Block Illegal Tariffs that are Increasing Prices and Inflicting Chaos on the American Economy

• 4/24/2025 Attorney General Tong, East Hartford Mayor Martin Urge Passage of Legislation to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Cannabis Sales

  Attorney General William Tong, East Hartford Mayor Connor S. Martin and East Hartford Assistant Police Chief Joshua Litwin held a press conference today to urge passage of legislation to strengthen state and local enforcement against illegal cannabis sales.

• 3/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Court Decision Upholding $2 Million Penalty for United Illuminating Over Failure to Clean-up English Station

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a Superior Court decision issued Thursday upholding the $2 million annual penalty levied by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at the urging of Attorney General Tong against United Illuminating for the company’s longstanding failure to remediate contamination at the defunct English Station power plant in New Haven.