Originally published on January 27, 2021 11:54 am
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is urging lawmakers to make it easier for his office to crack down on price gouging during emergencies. Tong says the existing law limited his ability to go after some of the people and businesses that took advantage of shortages in protective equipment and essential goods last year. Tong says his office received more than 750 price gouging complaints related to the pandemic. He wants the law expanded beyond retail sales to apply to suppliers that sell items to retailers. He also wants price gouging rules applied to leases and rental items.
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He said an executive action signed by President Joe Biden this week may help cut down on anti-Asian sentiments. Tong said Biden took a strong stance and made a formal condemnation of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
“What it says to me is that people are a little bit safer today and won’t have to wonder as much whether they’re going to be attacked in a store, or yelled at, or physically abused, or harmed,” Tong said.
Tong is the first Asian American to hold statewide office in Connecticut.
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Amid concerns over President Trump undermining the U.S. Postal Service, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said he and other AGs across the country are working to make sure the USPS is equipped to handle mail-in voting. Here’s his message to voters: “They can, will and should have confidence that Connecticut voters will be able to vote, that their votes. USPS Aug 17, 2020
While the FBI in Connecticut said it has received no direct threats toward the state Capitol or other government buildings, officials are taking no chances and have boosted security at the Capitol complex ahead of Inauguration Day in response to earlier warnings of potential armed protests at capitols across the country. Meanwhile, Connecticut’s all-Democratic congressional delegation voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump a second time, saying he helped incite the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. There is “no question that the President helped to foment and incite an attack on our Capitol and our democracy,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.