Rodney Frelinghuysen
Politician
1946-04-29
Rodney Frelinghuysen is an American former politician who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2019. He served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee and was a senior Republican lawmaker on federal budgeting and defense spending. Frelinghuysen comes from a long-standing New Jersey political family.
Quotes by Rodney Frelinghuysen
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It is important to give commuters greater, more reliable mass transit options and... great potential to get cars off of I-80 and eliminate other daily traffic jams in northern New Jersey.
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I have been pleased to receive petitions from groups that seek a range of new gun control measures and groups and individuals who believe additional laws are unnecessary or unwise.
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There's been nobody who stays in more communication and listens to veterans more than I do.
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Veterans are a symbol of what makes our nation great, and we must never forget all they have done to ensure our freedom.
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Some residents, I suspect, may be politically motivated in suggesting that having two members of Congress lessens Montclair's clout. Quite to the contrary. I think it increases Montclair's visibility - as a matter of fact, Essex County's visibility.
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I had never had a particularly warm feeling about Richard Nixon, and it didn't get any warmer after my service.
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