"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."
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.