Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.
— Rodney Frelinghuysen
I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.
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.
People do stupid things... words are important.
I still support Planned Parenthood personally because they do a good job providing health care for women, have for generations in my congressional district.
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.
Seven months after Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey residents and business are continuing the hard work of recovery.
We were the group that built the roads by day that the Vietcong traveled at night.
New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.
My appropriations requests have always sought to benefit New Jersey. That is how I base my submissions to the committee for consideration.
I go to a lot of events morning, noon and night when I'm not in Washington.
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.
If one committee controlled your entire budget, I think you might make some effort to build up personal relationships. I think it is a no-brainer.
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.
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.
To me, the New Jersey law enforcement community, and many other Americans, one of the biggest impediments to improved relations between the United States and Cuba is the continued safe haven provided to the fugitive, Joanne Chesimard.
I hate the sequester. I hate it.
I don't apologize for looking after New Jersey's interests. That's an obligation that I'll always keep.
My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.
I do support and believe in the Second Amendment. But I do think we need more background checks rather than less.
You don't want to upset the people from California. They can outvote you.
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.
A lot of New Jerseyans... have been very supportive of me.
I had never had a particularly warm feeling about Richard Nixon, and it didn't get any warmer after my service.
My father could never remember anybody's name.
Democrats get credit for money coming into the state, but I do a lot of heavy lifting.
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.
I'm pleased about representing any portion of Montclair.
I think it's important Republicans be in the majority so, like my Democratic counterparts, I give to the party.
Since the littoral combat ship plays a vital role, we want to make sure we're buying the correct version.
It is important to give commuters greater, more reliable mass transit options and... great potential to get cars off of I-80 and eliminate other daily traffic jams in northern New Jersey.
Our nation has invested millions of dollars in building safe, humane and, I may say, air-conditioned facilities to detain and prosecute the detainees at Guantanamo.
Let me make it clear: I support health care reform. I just don't support Nancy Pelosi's version.
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.
I don't think we need a Washington-imposed solution.
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.
I personally feel all guns ought to be registered.
When you have 435 people who are opinionated... sometimes agreeing on things is difficult.
We need to keep an eye on influences from the Middle East or, let's say, indigenous groups, that might be involved in terrorism.
I think fundraising has a lot to do with political viability.
I can remember when President Nixon basically said, 'All troops have been withdrawn from the delta.' And I said, 'Wait, I'm still here.'
I'm fiscally conservative but socially moderate. A moderate Republican - there just aren't many of us left.
My first responsibility is to be selfish for New Jersey.
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.
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.
It is now clear that the president violated both his oath of office and the oath he took to tell the truth. In doing so, Bill Clinton not only committed perjury, he violated the public trust.
The United States is stepping up to lead the international response to the Ebola outbreak, and Congress will ensure that the president's request is fully and quickly funded.
The House has repeatedly had overwhelming votes in support of continuing the Yucca Mountain repository.
This corridor is important to national security and important to the whole Northeast. So it's not just our own New Jersey transportation needs: it's the whole rail corridor here we're talking about.
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.
