FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY P.

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FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY P.
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: Experience: House: District 11, 1995-Present; Home State: New Jersey; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,534,185Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Rodney P. Frelinghuysen

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Virginia; 2 Children

Birth Date: 04/29/1946

Birth Place: New York City, NY

Home City: Harding Township, NJ

Religion: Episcopalian

Education

Attended, Trinity College, Hartford

BA, Hobart College, 1969

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 11, 1995-present

Representative, New Jersey General Assembly, 1983-1994

Freeholder, Board of Chosen Freeholders, Morris County, 1974-1983

Director, Board of Chosen Freeholders, Morris County, 1980

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Member

Subcommittee on Defense, Chair

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, Member

Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Chair, Appropriations Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, 1988-1989, 1992-1994

Professional Experience

Coordinator, Morris County State/Federal Aid, 1972

Administrative Assistant, Morris County State/Federal Aid, 1972

Served, 93rd Engineering Battalion, United States Army, Vietnam, 1969-1971

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Morris County Republican Committee

Board Member, Morristown Salvation Army

Member, New Jersey Historical Society

Member, Picatinny Advisory Council

Member, Post 3401, Veterans of Foreign Wars

Member, Post 59, The American Legion

Member, Board of Directors, United Way, 1979-1982

Additional Information

Awards:

Hero of the Taxpayer, Americans for Tax Reform;

Science Coalition's Champion of Science Award, Rutgers and Princeton Universities;

Honorary Degree, Drew University, 2004

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Oppose The fetus is an independent human being, who has his own righs. The mother cannot deprive a fetus's basic rights.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Support "Three Strikes" Laws and death penalty are necessary. The stricter punishment we use, the less crimes it occurs.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Support We should establish a market-based solution for excess carbon emissions. The Kyoto Protocol should require developing countries' participation to make the solution work.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Support We should have open trade with every country in the world. The government has no right to make restrictions on imports or exports.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Oppose Illegal immigration is illegal and should be enforced against.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Support Benefits of diversity should be considered. The government should prosecute companies that discriminate against women and minorities.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 145

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
12/05/2001	H.R.90	Know Your Caller Act of 2001	12/05/2001 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (All Actions)
08/15/2001	H.R.2634	Equitable Care for All Veterans Act	08/15/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. (All Actions)
08/15/2001	H.R.2633	Veterans Equal Treatment Act	08/15/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/07/2001	H.R.2075	National Defense Features Program Enhancement Act of 2001	06/07/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)
03/20/2001	H.R.639	Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act	03/20/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/14/2001	H.R.260	Wireless Privacy Protection Act of 2001	02/14/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. (All Actions)
02/07/2001	H.R.92	To ensure the efficient allocation of telephone numbers.	02/07/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. (All Actions)
02/07/2001	H.R.91	Social Security On-line Privacy Protection Act	02/07/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. (All Actions)
02/07/2001	H.R.89	Online Privacy Protection Act of 2001	02/07/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. (All Actions)
12/07/2000	H.R.5132	Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act	12/07/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/18/2000	H.R.5488	National Defense Features Program Enhancement Act of 2000	10/18/2000 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions)
09/28/2000	H.R.3100	Know Your Caller Act of 2000	09/28/2000 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
06/26/2000	H.R.4655	Tennessee Valley Authority Power Competition Act of 2000	06/26/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
05/17/2000	H.Con.Res.320	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Health Care Financing Administration should consider current systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before promulgating any final rule regarding the delivery of emergency medical services.	05/17/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/21/2000	H.R.3858	To suspend temporarily the duty on iced teas.	03/21/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
02/10/2000	H.R.3560	Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000	02/10/2000 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
02/04/2000	H.R.3555	To ensure the efficient allocation of telephone numbers.	02/04/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. (All Actions)
12/06/1999	H.R.459	To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.	12/06/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-121. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
11/17/1999	H.Con.Res.219	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the preservation of full and open competition for contracts for the transportation of United States military cargo between the United States and the Republic of Iceland.	11/17/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Readiness. (All Actions)
06/25/1999	H.R.2097	U.S.S. New Jersey Commemorative Coin Act	06/25/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. (All Actions)

Total: 1386

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
04/11/2017	H.R.1818	Big Cat Public Safety Act
04/07/2017	H.R.19	Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act
04/03/2017	H.R.1861	Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
03/31/2017	H.R.1847	PAST Act
03/29/2017	H.R.1698	Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/28/2017	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
03/27/2017	H.R.1387	SOAR Reauthorization Act
03/22/2017	H.R.1393	Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017
03/17/2017	H.R.1409	Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
03/15/2017	H.R.1550	Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017
03/03/2017	H.R.1223	OPEN Act
03/03/2017	H.R.1133	Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
02/28/2017	H.R.1121	Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2017
02/24/2017	H.R.1017	Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
02/21/2017	H.R.930	Lymphedema Treatment Act
02/16/2017	H.Res.30	Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.
02/15/2017	H.R.849	Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017
02/14/2017	H.R.512	WINGMAN Act
02/10/2017	H.R.931	Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017

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