44 Facts About Rodney Frelinghuysen

Rodney Frelinghuysen announced on January 29,2018, that he would not seek re-election that year.

Rodney Frelinghuysen has at times supported abortion rights and at times voted to limit access to abortion.

Rodney Frelinghuysen opposed federal funding of Planned Parenthood, and opposed sanctuary cities, gun control, gay marriage, and federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Rodney Frelinghuysen endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Rodney Frelinghuysen voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was criticized for using a fundraising letter to "[out] a member of an activist group opposing him to her employer" which resulted in a complaint by the Campaign for Accountability made with the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was born in New York City to Peter Rodney Frelinghuysen Jr.

Rodney Frelinghuysen attended St Mark's School, an exclusive Episcopal preparatory school in Southborough, Massachusetts.

Rodney Frelinghuysen next enrolled in a graduate program at Trinity College but was drafted into the United States Army.

Rodney Frelinghuysen held this position until 1974, when he was elected as a Morris County Freeholder in his own right.

Rodney Frelinghuysen served three terms on the board, the last as its director.

In 1983, Rodney Frelinghuysen was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 25th legislative district.

Rodney Frelinghuysen, who had been Gallo's former employee and fellow Morris County freeholder and state assemblyman, sought the committee's nomination at Gallo's request, and was chosen to be the Republican nominee for the district.

However, the 11th had long been one of the most Republican districts in the Northeast, and Rodney Frelinghuysen had effectively clinched a seat in Congress by winning the Republican nomination.

Rodney Frelinghuysen has been challenged in the Republican primary three times: in 2008,2010, and 2014.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was a chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development from 2011 to 2017 before becoming chairman of the full committee in 2017.

The top sectors supporting Rodney Frelinghuysen's campaigns have been the aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical and health care industries.

On January 29,2018 Rodney Frelinghuysen announced that he wouldn't run for another term in 2018.

Since the start of his congressional tenure in 1995, Rodney Frelinghuysen had been the chief sponsor of 123 bills.

Rodney Frelinghuysen had been the chief sponsor of nine resolutions, none of which passed.

Rodney Frelinghuysen introduced an amendment to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, the initial Hurricane Sandy relief legislation, which added $33.7 billion to the $17 billion initially allocated by the act.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was a member of Republican Majority For Choice and Republicans for Choice.

Rodney Frelinghuysen voted in 2015 to strip all federal funding from Planned Parenthood, despite having opposed similar measures in 2011,2009 and 2007.

Rodney Frelinghuysen cited the Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy for his change in position.

The Sunlight Foundation pointed out that among the 435 members of the US House of Representatives, Rodney Frelinghuysen has the third-highest amount of investment in oil stocks.

Rodney Frelinghuysen favored repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and voted in support of the budget resolution to repeal Obamacare in January 2017.

Rodney Frelinghuysen said that he "voted for an improved health care act".

Rodney Frelinghuysen stressed the need to "protect those with pre-existing conditions", but according to NJ.

Rodney Frelinghuysen had been in favor of auditing the Federal Reserve, and supported the Iraq War.

Rodney Frelinghuysen opposes same-sex marriage, and has voted against legislation which would establish net neutrality, which refers to the principle that Internet service providers cannot discriminate by user, content, website, or platform, and has voted in favor of legislation that would require photo IDs for voting in federal elections.

Rodney Frelinghuysen had a "D" rating from NORML regarding his voting record on cannabis-related matters.

Rodney Frelinghuysen twice voted against providing veterans access to medical marijuana via their Veterans Health Administration doctor's recommendation.

Rodney Frelinghuysen blocked a vote on an amendment that would have given banks the ability to lend to legal, state-regulated marijuana businesses without having to worry about subsequent punishment by federal financial regulators.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was one of the 24 Republicans to vote "yes" on the 2008 effort to impeach President George W Bush for misleading the United States into going to war in Iraq.

Rodney Frelinghuysen, who has not appeared at a public town hall since 2013, prefers small events at schools, community groups, and veteran organizations, according to The New York Times.

In 2017, Rodney Frelinghuysen wrote a campaign fundraising letter to a board member of a local bank.

Nonprofit ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics requesting an investigation into whether Rodney Frelinghuysen violated House ethics rules in his letter to the board member of the bank.

In 2021, Rodney Frelinghuysen registered as a foreign agent on behalf of Tatiana Clouthier, the Secretary of the Economy of Mexico.

In June 2013, Rodney Frelinghuysen was awarded the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the Navy's highest civilian honor, for the "long and selfless service" he had provided to the force, ensuring it had necessary resources and supporting its members' quality of life.

Rodney Frelinghuysen was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal for his service during the Vietnam War.

At the start of the 112th Congress, Rodney Frelinghuysen was ranked the ninth wealthiest member of congress, with an estimated personal wealth between $20 million and $65 million.

Rodney Frelinghuysen owns multiple properties, including nearly 18 acres of undeveloped land in Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey.

On May 24,2007, Rodney Frelinghuysen chased down a pickpocket who had stolen his wallet near his home in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC Two Washington police officers saw the chase and arrested the 18-year-old suspect who had been caught by the 61-year-old congressman.