Camarillo Manufacturer Responds to White House Call for Ideas
Says federal regulations slow business, create red tape
President Trump probably won’t come knocking, but a Camarillo business has extended an invitation to the White House to have members of the current administration come to Ventura County and discuss how the feds can make good on promises to help the U.S. manufacturing industry.
In March, new Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross invited manufacturers and industry groups to tell his office which federal regulations are hampering operations and expansion at American manufacturing plants.
An executive memo signed Jan. 24 by Trump tasked Ross with investigating the impact of federal regulations on the manufacturing industry. The president has said he wants to keep factory jobs and car makers from leaving the states.
There were around 170 comments and suggestions left for Ross and his staff, including one by the Rache Corp. in Camarillo.
The small parts- making business told the Department of Commerce that federal rules add costs to the work that the client isn’t willing to pay for. Rache has eight-full time employees and two consultants on staff, according to the company’s president, Steve Wisuri.
One of Wisuri’s consultants, Steve Garcia, heard about the Commerce Department’s call for suggestions and gave seven examples of U.S. rules that the Camarillo company must follow to cut or stamp a metal part for federal contracts.
Rache Corp. invited White House officials to visit the Camarillo laser-cutting business on Avenida Acaso.
“I guarantee you will receive an ear/eye full of this ever increasing government regulation complexity crisis,” Garcia wrote to the Commerce Department. “We are confident other companies within our industry classification . . . are also facing this.”
The White House has focused national attention on manufacturers and what they add to the U.S. economy, said Gino DiCaro, a spokesperson with California Manufacturing and Technology Association, a Sacramento-based group that advocates for the state’s manufacturing, processing and technology companies. In the past, the industry’s calls for relief fell on deaf ears in Washington, D.C., DiCaro said.
“More than ever, growing our economy through manufacturing is at the forefront of public opinion and policy discussions at every government level,” DiCaro said. “Everybody wants good wages, jobs and innovation.”
Rache Corp.’s leader didn’t expect the nation’s president to accept the invitation for a tour and a meeting, but Wisuri said he’d be grateful for the opportunity to speak with anyone from the capital who could do something about the paperwork that he says sometimes takes longer to finish than the completion of a parts order.
A Department of Commerce spokesperson, who declined to give his name, said the comments and suggestions for cutting regulations would be reviewed and used in public policymaking. When asked if the Commerce Department planned to follow up with respondents, he said it was possible.
Rache’s consultant singled out several purchase-order requirements that the company considers unnecessary or redundant for a small parts shop. They deal with cybersecurity, quality control, arms trafficking and restrictions on using precious metals from the Republic of Congo that could fund rebels fighting the government.
One of the federal regulations is 476 pages long and covers policies and procedures for government contractors that supply goods and services to federal departments.
The comment period closed March 31.
The commerce secretary’s staff will use the responses to make a plan for streamlining the federal permitting process and to lower the regulatory burdens affecting domestic manufacturers, according to the request for input at the federal government website.
Ross will present the plan to the White House. The website didn’t specify how soon U.S.- based manufacturers could see some relief.
Rache was the only Ventura County manufacturing company to leave a comment for the commerce secretary.
Rache Corp.
1160 Avenida Acaso
Camarillo, CA 93012
Phone: 805-389-6868
Contact:
Steve Wisuri
President
email: steve@rache.com
