“Part of my job is to make sure the Northeast is part of our defense industrial base, and New Jersey has always played a role.”

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.