Quotes from Rodney Frelinghuysen

I don't view myself as marching to any right-wing drummer.

It is important for me to personally visit Superfund sites to assess the progress being made.

Since the littoral combat ship plays a vital role, we want to make sure we're buying the correct version.

The House has repeatedly had overwhelming votes in support of continuing the Yucca Mountain repository.

I had never had a particularly warm feeling about Richard Nixon, and it didn't get any warmer after my service.

I do support and believe in the Second Amendment. But I do think we need more background checks rather than less.

I have supported the equal rights amendment since I was a freeholder. You won't find many people who can say that. I'm very proud of it.

I've known him for years, and I am supporting Chris Christie for president. Whether he will, in the final analysis, be the president, I don't know.

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

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

We as taxpayers have put in well over $12 to $15 billion of investment in a repository for high-level nuclear waste... if we're ever to recoup that investment in the future... then we're going to need some money to reopen Yucca Mountain.

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.

Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.

I know we don't need automatic weapons, but the question may boil down to what is an automatic weapon.

I've been at every American Legion and VFW post in my district.

I don't want the United States to be Athens on the Potomac.

Federal support for Morristown National Historic Park and the inclusion of additional lands present a unique opportunity for our government to express its commitment to preserving our past. Failing to do so may allow these historically important lands to go unprotected.

Whatever solutions there are for flood control need to be bipartisan.

The primary reason that I'd be here or that Don Payne Jr. would be here is for you to know that members of Congress actually exist and are human.

Here's the problem: the so-called 'millionaire surtax' is a permanent tax to pay for a temporary benefit.

I think there is a direct correlation between interest shown by a member of Congress on these projects and the progress that is made. I think it gives the Superfund effort some credibility, lets citizens know we are serious about these cleanups.

Certainly I support the Constitution, and I respect people's privacy, but I also think we need to err on the side of protecting us.

I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.

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