“I now sit at the table in a variety of ways with the House leadership... as we go through taking a look at threat assessments and hot spots around the world. It's a national position, but certainly I don't forget that New Jersey has a critical part of national defense.”

American former politician and lobbyist

Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen is an American former politician and lobbyist. He represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House from 1995 to 2019, and served as a Republican in Congress during that period. His district covered most of Morris County, an affluent suburban area west of New York City. He later became chair of the House Appropriations Committee from 2017 to 2019, and announced in January 2018 that he would not seek re-election that year.