Press Releases
12/30/2022
The Year in Review: A Message from Attorney General Tong
Dear Friends,
As 2022 rings to a close, so too does my first term as your Attorney General. These past four years have been extraordinary and consequential, and it has been an honor every day to lead the Office of the Attorney General through these unprecedented times.
Let me first say how proud I am of our team and their work against the backdrop of an unrelenting global pandemic that has stolen the lives of 11,659 Connecticut souls, upended our economy, education systems, and daily habits, and left deep emotional scars we are only beginning to comprehend. Whether it was our child protection attorneys who showed up in court every day on behalf of children in need, our consumer assistance team who fielded hundreds upon hundreds of complaints regarding disrupted travel and inflated prices, or our attorneys who successfully shaped and defended our state’s public health response, I remain tremendously proud of our work to keep people safe and keep our government functioning.
We have secured historic recoveries against the addiction industry, delivering over $50 billion to fight the opioid epidemic, breakthroughs in our multistate efforts to curb obnoxious robocalls and bring scammers to justice, strong settlements and concessions to begin to stabilize our state’s unaffordable energy rates, relief from predatory student loan…
