Frelinghuysen, R Rep

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Rodney Frelinghuysen’s (R-NJ) office is different from most that you might visit in Congress. It’s the same size and shape, but unusually has the air of a political museum. On the wall behind the desk is a huge campaign flag that once flew for his ancestor in the epic Presidential contest of 1844, when Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen clashed, unsuccessfully, with Polk and Dallas.

There are political cartoons from the nineteenth century around the walls. The whole effect is one of supreme confidence and a sense that this Congress is as much Freylinghuysen’s as anyone else’s.

Rodney Frelinghuysen is the eight term New Jersey 11th District Representative in the U.S. House of representatives. A mere slip of a youth he has some way to go yet to equal the eleven terms served by his father Peter Frelinghuysen. Father and son have served a collective 36 years in Congress which might account for that built-in-with-the–bricks feel his office can give but its only a fraction of the time his family as a whole have wandered the corridors of power.

The Frelinghuysens have managed to rack up so many oligarchical appearances in Washington that as a family they rank seventh in the “dynasties” of America just behind the Adams (at five) and the Bushes (at six).

The Freylinghuysens are old, old America, coming first from Germany in 1720 to the British Colony with Theodore, a Dutch-Reformed minister during a period of religious revival called “The Great Awakening”. His grandson fought in the American revolution rising to Major General in 1794 during a Whiskey Rebellion. He banked the kudos converting it into political capital as a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress of 1799 and rose steadily to US Senator and the US District Attorney for New Jersey. His family have drawn on this bank ever since.

A total of four of the family have been Senators. A couple of generations later Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen was by turns States Attorney General, US Senator, and Secretary of State.

Theodore’s brother John another General, married a Mercer, one of a family connected to the later Bushes. Another relative was father-in-law to Henry Cabot Lodge junior. Making Rodney and George Cabot Lodge (delegate to Republican National Conventions) third cousins.

Not that Rodders says he feels particularly privileged. He believes that his pal Tom Kean, the former New Jersey Governor’s family are more illustrious.

The family have never been spectacular, never ones for the front page, or the gossip column, never jet set types. They get by, though through the age old political practise nowadays called “earmarking”. A very American term this, which sounds so much nicer than “pork barrel politics”, it is simply the practise of diverting as much federal cash as possible into your constituency even if it might be better spent elsewhere.

In 2010 Rodney Frelinghuysen sponsored or co-sponsored 39 “earmarks” totalling $75,700,000, giving him a pork ranking of 20th out of 435 representatives.

They get by, by being “moderate”, being useful, and never being the types to rock the boat.  They deliver. They slide by under the radar because they don’t get into scandals, or shock people by having their family arguments broadcast through “Vanity Fair” or “US People”. The nearest old Rodders got to anything controversial was when in 2000 that scruffy oik Michael Moore decided to feature him in the film “The Awful Truth” pointing out that so many of these old oligarchs stand unopposed time and time again. “We think” he declaimed “that it’s time to point out to the Frelinghuysen family that we live in a democracy not a dynasty”. The only thing wrong here Michael is – its oligarchy not dynasty!

Quietly oiling the local interest groups, keeping a low profile and one’s nose clean has kept Rodney and his ancestors firmly in the boss man’s seat, making them one of New Jersey’s – and America’s- longest serving political families and a solid element of the oligarchical “dark matter” that holds the American political cosmos together.

Rodney will be seeking his ninth term this year

http://theoligarchkings.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/rodney-frelinghuysen-and-new-jersey/

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party_U.S.A." title="Republican Party U.S.A." class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a>, has represented the 11th Congressional District of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Members_of_the_U.S.Congress_from_New_Jersey" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from New Jersey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Jersey</a> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. House of Representatives</a> since 1995 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nj11_109.gif" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">map</a>).

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Frelinguysen_v._Ficus" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.3 Frelinguysen v. Ficus</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Congressional_career" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.5 Congressional career</a>

<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#2006_elections" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.5.1 2006 elections</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Money_in_politics" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Money in politics</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Committees_and_Affiliations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Committees and Affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#More_Background_Data" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 More Background Data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Contact" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Articles_and_Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Articles and Resources</a>

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Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ˈfriːlɪŋhaɪsən</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">/</a>; born April 29, 1946) is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Representative</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 11th congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">New Jersey's 11th congressional district</a>, serving since 1995. The district includes most of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_County,New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Morris County</a>, an affluent suburban county west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">New York City</a>. It also includes some of the wealthier areas near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark,New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Newark</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Paterson</a>, and is one of the richest congressional districts in the nation in terms of median income. He is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Party</a>.

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Family_and_early_life" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Family and early life</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#U.S._House_of_Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 U.S. House of Representatives</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#Awards_and_honors" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 Awards and honors</a></li>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Like most other Republicans from New Jersey, Frelinghuysen's voting record has been relatively moderate. He is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Main Street Partnership</a>. Some have claimed, however, that his moderate record is a thing of the past.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-DailyRecord-22" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[22]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-Record-23" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[23]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-NARAL-24" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[24]</a> During his 2012 election, when charged with claims that he had aligned himself with the staunchly conservative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tea Party movement</a> and "toes the line of Republican leadership", he insisted that he is still a moderate.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-Record-23" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[23]</a>

From the start of his tenure in the 104th Congress to the current 113th, Frelinghuysen has voted with his party 90% of the time.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-WapoVDB-25" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[25]</a>

Abortion

Frelinghuysen's record on abortion was once considered moderate; he is a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Majority_For_Choice" title="Republican Majority For Choice" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Majority For Choice</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicans_for_Choice" title="Republicans for Choice" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republicans for Choice</a>. In 2003 he received a 50% from the anti-abortion rights <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">NRLC</a> and a 30% from the pro-abortion rights <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARAL" title="NARAL" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">NARAL</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-26" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[26]</a> In recent years, however, Frelinghuysen's stance has shifted; from 2010 to 2012, his NARAL rating averaged just 7%, indicating an anti-abortion rights stance.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-Vote_Smart-27" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[27]</a> He was singled out by NARAL President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Keenan" title="Nancy Keenan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nancy Keenan</a> for strong criticism over his support of H.R. 3 "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act", which, among other things, would deny tax credits to small businesses that purchase health insurance plans offering abortion coverage. “Reps. Lance and Frelinghuysen have traded in their moderate credentials to become foot soldiers in Speaker Boehner’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Women" title="War on Women" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">War on Women</a>,” Keenan said.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-NARAL-24" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[24]</a>

Environment

Frelinghuysen is a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicans_For_Environmental_Protection" title="Republicans For Environmental Protection" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republicans For Environmental Protection</a> and was the sponsor of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highlands_Conservation_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Highlands Conservation Act (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Highlands Conservation Act</a>, a piece of environmental protection legislation that directs federal funding towards preservation of the Highlands region of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.

However, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight_Foundation" title="Sunlight Foundation" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sunlight Foundation</a> pointed out that among the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Frelinghuysen has the third-highest amount of investment in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry" title="Petroleum industry" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">oil</a> stocks.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-28" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[28]</a> Frelinghuysen's scores from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters" style=" text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">League of Conservation Voters</a> dropped sharply after 2008, from the 42-67% range during 1999-2008 to 21-23% during 2009-12. During the 2011-12 Congress, his League of Conservation Voters rating was 11th out of thirteen members of the House from New Jersey, and 4th among the six Republicans from the state.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-29" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[29]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">H.R. 1366 (104th): To authorize the extension of time limitation for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Energy_Regulatory_Commission" title="Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">FERC</a>-issued hydroelectric license for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hope,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Hope, New Jersey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mount Hope</a> Waterpower Project.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">H.R. 459 (106th): To extend the deadline under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Power_Act" title="Federal Power Act" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Federal Power Act</a> for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mount Hope Waterpower Project.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">H.R. 1964 (108th): <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland" title="Highland" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Highlands</a> Conservation Act</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">H.R. 4850 (108th): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005</li>

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Frelinghuysen introduced an amendment to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Relief_Appropriations_Act,_2013" title="Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013</a>, the initial Hurricane Sandy relief legislation, which added $33.7 billion to the $17 billion initially allocated by the act. The amendment passed the House in a 228-192 vote, with the support of 38 Republicans and 190 Democrats.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-Hill-30" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[30]</a> The amended act was not significantly modified by the Senate, and was signed into law.

Frelinghuysen is a supporter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">earmarking</a>, calling the practice a "constitutional responsibility."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-WaPo-31" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[31]</a> He is one of the most prolific earmarkers in the House, consistently ranking in the top 5% in terms of dollars procured. In fiscal year 2008 he ranked 21st, sponsoring or co-sponsoring 44 earmarks totaling $88 million; in fiscal year 2009 he ranked 12th, with 45 earmarks totaling $119 million; and in in fiscal year 2010 he ranked 21st with 39 earmarks totaling $76 million. During the same period, Frelinghuysen was the top earmarker among New Jersey lawmakers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-TCS-14" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[14]</a> The majority of his earmarks were for defense-related expenses.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-OpenSecretsEarmarks-32" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[32]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Committee on Appropriations</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Defense" title="United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Subcommittee on Defense</a> (Chairman)</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Main Street Partnership</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Majority_For_Choice" title="Republican Majority For Choice" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Majority For Choice</a></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicans_For_Environmental_Protection" title="Republicans For Environmental Protection" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republicans For Environmental Protection</a></li>

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Frelinghuysen was also awarded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal" title="Vietnam Service Medal" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Vietnam Service Medal</a> for his service during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Vietnam War</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen#cite_note-AUSA-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

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