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
05/04/2017	H.Con.Res.53	Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 244.	05/04/2017 Message on Senate action sent to the House. (All Actions)
04/28/2017	H.J.Res.99	Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.	04/28/2017 Became Public Law No: 115-30. (All Actions)
04/07/2017	H.R.1301	Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017	04/07/2017 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 36. (All Actions)
03/07/2017	H.R.1281	To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.	03/07/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
09/06/2016	H.R.5293	Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017	09/06/2016 Second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 136. (All Actions)
04/21/2016	H.R.894	To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.	04/21/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395. (All Actions)
11/05/2015	H.R.2685	Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016	11/05/2015 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (All Actions)
06/30/2015	H.Res.314	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the eligibility of veterans service organizations for community development block grant funding.	06/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (All Actions)
02/12/2015	H.Res.73	Recognizing the importance of trade to the United States economy and the importance of completing free trade agreements with Pacific Rim countries and the European Union.	02/12/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
01/28/2015	H.R.559	To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.	01/28/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
12/22/2014	H.R.712	To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.	12/22/2014 Committee on Agriculture discharged. (All Actions)
08/04/2014	H.J.Res.76	Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2014	08/04/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-145. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/17/2014	H.R.4870	Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015	07/17/2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472. (All Actions)
10/10/2013	H.J.Res.91	Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014	10/10/2013 Became Public Law No: 113-44. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/16/2013	H.R.2609	Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014	07/16/2013 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.R.2104	Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2013	06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
05/23/2013	H.R.2103	To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.	05/23/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
10/09/2012	H.R.6513	To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.	10/09/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. (All Actions)
06/11/2012	H.R.5325	Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013	06/11/2012 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425. (All Actions)
05/14/2012	H.R.5382	To suspend temporarily the duty on poly(vinyl alcohol), whether or not containing unhydrolyzed acetate groups.	05/14/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)

Total: 1386

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
12/04/2012	H.R.2453	Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act	Passed	Yea
11/29/2012	H.Res.820	Expressing condolences to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, commending the resiliency of the people of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Delaware, and committing to stand by them in the relief and recovery effort.
11/15/2012	H.R.1206	Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
10/05/2012	H.R.2139	Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act	Passed	Yea
07/19/2012	H.R.1755	Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011
09/20/2012	H.R.733	Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
08/29/2012	H.R.2896	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building".
08/10/2012	H.R.1905	Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012	Passed	Yea
08/03/2012	H.R.2527	National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act	Passed	Yea
08/02/2012	H.R.6318	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building".
07/26/2012	H.R.3001	Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act	Passed	Yea
07/12/2012	H.R.6121	Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012
07/02/2012	H.R.5998	USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
06/28/2012	H.Res.716	Expressing support for designation of August 1, 2012, as "National Eagle Scout Day".
06/12/2012	H.R.436	Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012	Passed	Yea
06/05/2012	H.Res.676	To expose and halt the Republic of Turkey's illegal colonization of the Republic of Cyprus with non-Cypriot populations, to support Cyprus in its efforts to control all of its territory, to end Turkey's illegal occupation of northern Cyprus, and to exploit its energy resources without illegal interference by Turkey.
05/17/2012	H.Res.568	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.	Passed	Yea
05/10/2012	H.Res.650	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should work within the framework of the United Nations process with Greece to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually acceptable name, for all uses, for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
05/10/2012	H.R.4133	United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012	Passed	Yea
05/07/2012	H.Res.627	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should work within the framework of the United Nations process with Greece to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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