Rodney Frelinghuysen Quotes

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 29, 1946

Research and development activities to support Yucca are permitted. This will ensure that we keep Congress in the driver's seat for nuclear waste policy.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

We need the cooperation of the Pakistanis. If we don't have any, we lose insight into the actions of those who would do our country harm.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

I'm pleased about representing any portion of Montclair.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

I go to a lot of events morning, noon and night when I'm not in Washington.

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I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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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My appropriations requests have always sought to benefit New Jersey. That is how I base my submissions to the committee for consideration.

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My first responsibility is to be selfish for New Jersey.

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Democrats get credit for money coming into the state, but I do a lot of heavy lifting.

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New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.

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I'm fiscally conservative but socially moderate. A moderate Republican - there just aren't many of us left.

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My father could never remember anybody's name.

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We were the group that built the roads by day that the Vietcong traveled at night.

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I can remember when President Nixon basically said, 'All troops have been withdrawn from the delta.' And I said, 'Wait, I'm still here.'

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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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Seven months after Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey residents and business are continuing the hard work of recovery.

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I think fundraising has a lot to do with political viability.

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A lot of New Jerseyans... have been very supportive of me.

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The focus is on the Middle East, so there are a lot of eyes on the battlefield. But there are other things that are happening around the world, in Northern Africa, things happen in the Southern Hemisphere and in Central and South America.

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We need to keep an eye on influences from the Middle East or, let's say, indigenous groups, that might be involved in terrorism.

Rodney Frelinghuysen