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
02/24/1997	H.R.677	To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to provide that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out that Act.	02/24/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
02/06/1997	H.R.637	Federal Open Space Acquisition and Preservation Act of 1997	02/06/1997 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
10/09/1996	H.R.1366	To authorize the extension of time limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license for the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.	10/09/1996 Became Public Law No: 104-247. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
01/02/1996	H.R.2801	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.	01/02/1996 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
12/11/1995	H.R.2744	Postal Service Debt Reduction and Truth in Budgeting Act	12/11/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service. (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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