With all these coalition letters and lawfare, it's no wonder Tong wants more money for his budget!

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Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Trump Administration to express serious concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to withhold tens of millions of dollars in Title X funding to 16 organizations, most of which are Planned Parenthood affiliates.

The attorneys general in the coalition urge HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to immediately reverse this decision and restore funding to the programs. 

“There is no role for partisan pandering and interference when it comes to our healthcare. Withholding Title X funding to clinics in Connecticut will only make it harder for patients to access contraception, primary care and STI screenings. It’s yet another politically motivated move by this President to make us sicker and poorer, and there’s no justification for it,” said Attorney General Tong.

In Connecticut, $1.89 million in Title X funds have been withheld from Planned Parenthood of Southern New England... which created an "emergency" for democrats to pass HB 7066, which included an $800k award to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

Plus, last month the State Bond Commission voted to borrow $2,020,096 for renovations to a building in New London for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

In the coalition letter, the attorneys general argue that cutting the funds would worsen care and force states to make emergency appropriations to cover the lost funding, as has happened in Connecticut. The AGs further argue that there was "no justification" for the grant terminations in the first place.

Attorney General Tong joins the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington in sending the letter.

The letter was co-led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Hawai‘i Attorney General Anne E. Lopez.

A copy of the letter can be found here.

Lawfare is obviously a drain on resources.

At a news conference earlier this week, Tong said he needed "as much help" as he could get.

"It's a deluge, a nonstop avalanche of work," said Tong in reference to his nonstop lawfare efforts against the Trump Administration, with "12 or 13" lawsuits already filed.

Tong previously asked the Appropriations Committee in written testimony for more money in April because he had already been "actively engaged in litigation" against Trump's executive actions.

"In addition to all these efforts resulting in litigation, staff in our Office have expended – and continue to expend – significant resources advising agencies across state government on countless issues arising from federal executive actions that impact their operations and continued access to federal funding. While many of those actions have not required litigation, working with our agencies to understand their legal risks and respond appropriately has been a significant drain on the Office’s time and resources," Tong wrote.

Tong said the work "necessitated our lawyers and staff working around the clock, seven days a week," allegedly at "no additional cost to the State" -- at least thus far.

And of course democrats seem happy to oblige, as evidenced in the latest budget proposal which puts $2,000,000 back into Tong's budget.

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