Attorney General details federal litigation wins and asks for $2.7M gap to expand consumer and federal accountability work
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Attorney General Campbell asked the committee to fund a roughly $2.74 million gap in her FY27 budget request to hire 17 staff to expand federal‑accountability and consumer protection work, citing litigation that preserved about $3.14 billion in federal funding for Massachusetts.
Attorney General Campbell appeared before the Committee to outline her FY27 budget request and the office’s recent enforcement achievements. The AG told lawmakers her office protected $3,140,000,000 of federal funds through litigation and enforcement actions and has filed 47 lawsuits to preserve programs and funds the administration said were being threatened by federal policy changes.
Campbell emphasized consumer protection work — including the state’s record settlements with generic drug manufacturers and an Uber/Lyft settlement that returned $196 million to workers — and flagged cryptocurrency kiosks and other scams targeting elders as expanding priorities. "These consumer protection cases are only expanding," the attorney general said, noting lawsuits to take down scam websites and recover funds for victims. She also requested full funding to hire 17 additional positions (a gap of roughly $2.74 million above House 2) to sustain federal accountability and parallel enforcement work when federal agencies retreat from enforcement.
The AG described legislation she supports to improve compensation for wrongfully convicted persons and to strengthen the Massachusetts Antitrust Act; she also asked the committee to consider her request to close the FY27 gap so her office can maintain and expand the litigation and consumer protection efforts she said are required in the current federal climate.