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
06/16/1999	H.R.2099	To suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of sennosides.	06/16/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
06/16/1999	H.R.2098	To suspend temporarily the duty on dark couverture chocolate.	06/16/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
04/19/1999	H.R.1448	Airspace Redesign Enhancement Act of 1999	04/19/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
03/09/1999	H.R.374	Veterans Personal Security Act	03/09/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/01/1999	H.R.376	To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the United States Army Corps of Engineers perform contract oversight of Fund financed remedial actions under that Act.	02/01/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
02/01/1999	H.R.375	Superfund Liability Exemption for Local Education Agencies Act	02/01/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
01/19/1999	H.R.140	To amend the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, relating to the repurchase of bonds by the Tennessee Valley Authority.	01/19/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
10/21/1998	H.Con.Res.354	To correct the enrollment of H.R. 4328.	10/21/1998 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
09/30/1998	H.R.4633	To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.	09/30/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
09/29/1998	H.Con.Res.330	Expressing the sense of the Congress that official mail sent by Government agencies at taxpayer expense should be subject to certain uniform standards.	09/29/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service. (All Actions)
09/28/1998	H.R.4609	Veterans Personal Security Act	09/28/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
09/09/1998	H.R.2776	To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes" to authorize the acquisition of property known as the Warren property.	09/09/1998 Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-694. (All Actions)
08/04/1998	H.R.3417	To suspend temporarily the duty on organic luminescent pigments, dyes and fibers for security applications; and, 4-Hexylresorcinol.	08/04/1998 See H.R.4342. (All Actions)
03/12/1998	H.R.3418	To suspend temporarily the duty on polymethine sensitizing dyes for photo/imaging applications; and, certain fluorozirconium compounds.	03/12/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
08/06/1997	H.R.2334	To suspend temporarily the duty on ferroboron.	08/06/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
07/08/1997	H.R.1158	Superfund Liability Exemption for Local Education Agencies Act	07/08/1997 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
06/17/1997	H.R.1882	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain parts for in-line skates.	06/17/1997 See H.R.2622. (All Actions)
05/21/1997	H.R.1413	New Jersey Women's Environmental Health Act	05/21/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
04/04/1997	H.R.1157	To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the United States Army Corps of Engineers perform contract oversight of fund financed remedial actions under that Act.	04/04/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
04/02/1997	H.R.1156	To provide for greater equity in the allocation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of amounts appropriated for medical care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the next two fiscal years and for other purposes related to the needs of veterans medical care.	04/02/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (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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