Americans for Responsible Growth (A4RG) helps government work better — by improving how public and private institutions manage people, money, and trust.
We work with state treasurers, auditors, and controllers nationwide to strengthen the systems that drive long-term economic growth, fairness, and accountability.
When American workers are treated professionally and rewarded for their contributions, the economy becomes more resilient — in both the public and private sectors.
Alongside Americans for Responsible Growth, state treasurers, auditors, and other financial officers have called on President Donald Trump to permanently end his ongoing trade wars. Trump’s tariffs and broader economic agenda have created a volatile financial landscape defined by erratic federal policy, rising global skepticism about American stability, and the politicization of institutions that have long served as anchors of economic confidence.
That’s why many state financial leaders, some who are the fiscal stewards of their states, have called for congressional action to intervene to protect Americans from Trump’s disastrous economic policies and address an economic crisis threatening state economies nationwide.
Fortune: State officials hammer Trump over 529 plans — He is ‘stoking fear in the hearts of college students and high schoolers across the country’
Republicans in Washington D.C. are cutting key funding our states need to provide for our families
With Americans already facing rising grocery costs and economic chaos because of the Trump administration’s deeply unpopular agenda, state financial leaders from across the country are sounding the alarm that the GOP’s proposals would gut Medicaid and other critical programs while raising families’ health care, food, and college costs, increasing the nation’s economic risks, and creating hardships for tens of millions of people.
That’s why treasurers, auditors, and controllers have been outspoken in their opposition to Republican lawmakers’ efforts cut $1 trillion from essential programs like Medicaid, free and reduced-cost school lunches and SNAP will strip away vital support that helps families afford the most basic necessities like food and health care.
Fortune: Democratic state treasurers rip GOP over budget bill — ‘taxing Barbies and G.I. Joes if you can even find them on store shelves’
The New York Times: Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay
Breakdowns in management accountability — whether in government agencies or private firms entrusted with public funds — harm workers, taxpayers, and investors alike.
Through our Governance Integrity Initiative, A4RG helps leaders strengthen oversight systems, prevent risk, and promote professional management practices that sustain long-term value creation and public confidence.
Strong management builds strong institutions. And strong institutions build a strong middle class.
A coalition of 17 state financial officers—including state and big city treasurers, comptrollers, controllers, and auditors—sent a letter to urge the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda and the Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Vince Micone to oppose a recent request by Republican state finance officials that the SEC and DOL ban investment managers and retirement plans from factoring broad categories of risks into decision-making processes.
ESG Dive: Dems ask SEC, DOL to not issue anti-ESG rules: Exclusive
“A coalition of 17 blue state finance officials sent a letter to the agencies to counter prior assertions made by their Republican colleagues.”
