Max Rose

Max Rose

Democratic Party

Prior offices

U.S. House New York District 11

Successor: Nicole Malliotakis

Predecessor: Daniel Donovan

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Wesleyan University

Graduate

London School of Economics

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

2010 - 2014

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Max Rose (Democratic Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing New York's 11th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. He left office on January 3, 2021.

Rose (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 11th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Rose defeated incumbent Rep. Daniel Donovan (R) and Henry Bardel (Green) in the November 6, 2018, general election. Rose became the second Democrat to win the seat in 30 years.

Rose served in the U.S. Army from 2010 to 2014. While serving in Afghanistan, Rose was injured when his vehicle was hit by an IED. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service. Following his military service, Rose worked as director of public engagement and special assistant to the Brooklyn district attorney.

Rose told the Advance that his legislative priorities in the 116th Congress included passing legislation to decrease corruption and to improve infrastructure and commuting in Staten Island.

Biography

Rose earned his B.A. in history from Wesleyan University and his master's degree in philosophy and public policy from the London School of Economics. Rose served in the U.S. Army from 2010 to 2014 and continues to serve as captain in the National Guard. While serving in Afghanistan, Rose was injured when his vehicle was hit by an IED. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service.

Key votes

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Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021

The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021
Vote	Bill and description	Status
Yea	Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020   The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020 (H.R. 1044) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives seeking to increase the cap on employment-based visas, establish certain rules governing such visas, and impose some additional requirements on employers hiring holders of such visas. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended.	Passed (365-65)
Yea	The Heroes Act   The HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to address the COVID-19 outbreak by providing $1,200 payments to individuals, extending and expanding the moratorium on some evictions and foreclosures, outlining requirements and establishing finding for contact tracing and COVID-19 testing, providing emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies for fiscal year 2020, and eliminating cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (208-199)
Yea	For the People Act of 2019   The For the People Act of 2019 (H.R.1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to protect election security, revise rules on campaign funding, introduce new provisions related to ethics, establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions, and establish new rules on the release of tax returns for presidential and vice presidential candidates. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (234-193)
Yea	CARES Act   The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on March 27, 2020, that expanded benefits through the joint federal-state unemployment insurance program during the coronavirus pandemic. The legislation also included $1,200 payments to certain individuals, funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, and funds for businesses, hospitals, and state and local governments. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.	Passed (419-6)
Not Voting	Equality Act   The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to ban discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity by expanding the definition of establishments that fall under public accomodation and prohibiting the denial of access to a shared facility that is in agreement with an indiviual's gender indenitity. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (236-173)
Yea	Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019   The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House that sought to ban firearm transfers between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (240-190)
Yea	American Dream and Promise Act of 2019   The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R.6) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to protect certain immigrants from removal proceedings and provide a path to permanent resident status by establishing streamlined procedures for permanant residency and canceling removal proceedings against certain qualifed individuals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (237-187)
Yea	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (S. 1790) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on December 20, 2019, setting policies and appropriations for the Department of Defense. Key features of this bill include appropriations for research/development, procurement, military construction, and operation/maintenence, as well as policies for paid family leave, North Korea nuclear sanctions, limiting the use of criminal history in federal hiring and contracting, military housing privatization, and paid family leave for federal personnel. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (377-48)
Yea	Families First Coronavirus Response Act   The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on March 18, 2020, addressing the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing access to unemployment benefits and food assistance, increasing funding for Medicaid, providing free testing for COVID-19, and requiring employers to provide paid sick time to employees who cannot work due to COVID-19. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.	Passed (363-40)
Yea	Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019   The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (H.R. 1994) was a bill passed by the House Representatives that sought to change the requirements for employer provided retirement plans, IRAs, and other tax-favored savings accounts by modfying the requirements for things such as loans, lifetime income options, required minimum distributions, the eligibility rules for certain long-term, part-time employees, and nondiscrimination rules. The bill also sought to treat taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments as compensation for the purpose of an IRA, repeal the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions, increase penalties for failing to file tax returns, allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans if a child is born or adopted, and expand the purposes for which qualified tuition programs may be used. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (417-3)
Yea	Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act   The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to address the price of healthcare by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate prices for certain drugs, requiring drug manufactures to issue rebates for certain drugs covered under Medicare, requiring drug price transparency from drug manufacturers, expanding Medicare coverage, and providing funds for certain public health programs. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (230-192)
Yea	Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020   The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on December 20, 2019, providing appropriations for federal agencies in fiscal year 2020. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (297-120)
Yea	Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019   The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (S. 1838) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on November 27, 2019, directing several federal departments to assess Hong Kong's unique treatment under U.S. law. Key features of the bill include directing the Department of State to report and certify annually to Congress as to whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous from China to justify its unique treatment, and directing the Department of Commerce to report annually to Congress on China's efforts to use Hong Kong to evade U.S. export controls and sanctions. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.	Passed (417-1)
Yea	MORE Act of 2020   The MORE Act of 2020 (H.R. 3884) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana by removing marijuana as a scheduled controlled substance and eliminating criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. This bill required a simple majority vote from the House.	Passed (228-164)
Yea	Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020   The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 6, 2020, providing emergency funding to federal agencies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Key features of the bill include funding for vaccine research, small business loans, humanitarian assistance to affected foreign countries, emergency preparedness, and grants for public health agencies and organizations. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill.	Passed (415-2)
Yea	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019   The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J.Res. 31) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on February 15, 2019, providing approrations for Fiscal Year 2019. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (300 -128)
Yea	John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act   The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (S. 47) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Doanld Trump on March 12, 2019. This bill sought to set provisions for federal land management and conservation by doing things such as conducting land exchanges and conveyances, establishing programs to respond to wildfires, and extending and reauthorizing wildlife conservation programs. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.	Passed (363-62)
Yea	William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (On passage)   The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and vetoed by President Donald Trump on December 23, 2020. Congress voted to override Trump's veto, and the bill became law on January 1, 2021. The bill set Department of Defense policies and appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021. Trump vetoed the bill due to disagreement with provisions related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the renaming of certain military installations, limits on emergency military construction fund usage, and limits on troop withdrawals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House on passage, and a two-thirds majority vote in the House to override Trump's veto.	Passed (335-78)
Yea	William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Overcoming veto)   The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and vetoed by President Donald Trump on December 23, 2020. Congress voted to override Trump's veto, and the bill became law on January 1, 2021. The bill set Department of Defense policies and appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021. Trump vetoed the bill due to disagreement with provisions related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the renaming of certain military installations, limits on emergency military construction fund usage, and limits on troop withdrawals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House on passage, and a two-thirds majority vote in the House to override Trump's veto.	Passed (322-87)
Yea	Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019   The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (S.24) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 16, 2019, that requires federal employees who were furloughed or compelled to work during a lapse in government funding to be compensated for that time. The bill also required those employees to be compensated as soon as the lapse in funding ends, irregardless of official pay date. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill.	Passed (411-7)
Yea	Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. (Article 1)   The 2020 impeachment of Donald Trump (R) was a resolution before the 116th Congress to set forth two articles of impeachment saying that Trump abused his power and obstructed congress. The first article was related to allegations that Trump requested the Ukrainian government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for aid, and the second was related to Trump's response to the impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives approved both articles of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of either charge. The articles of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House.	Guilty (230-197)
Yea	Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. (Article 2)   The 2020 impeachment of Donald Trump (R) was a resolution before the 116th Congress to set forth two articles of impeachment saying that Trump abused his power and obstructed congress. The first article was related to allegations that Trump requested the Ukrainian government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for aid, and the second was related to Trump's response to the impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives approved both articles of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of either charge. The articles of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House.	Guilty (229-198)

Elections

2022

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 11

Incumbent Nicole Malliotakis defeated Max Rose in the general election for U.S. House New York District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicole Malliotakis (R / Conservative Party)	61.7	115,992
		Max Rose (D)	38.2	71,801
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	306

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 188,099
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brittany Ramos DeBarros (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Max Rose defeated Brittany Ramos DeBarros and Komi Agoda-Koussema in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Max Rose	74.1	16,439
		Brittany Ramos DeBarros	20.8	4,625
		Komi Agoda-Koussema	4.2	932
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	202

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,198
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael DeCillis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Incumbent Nicole Malliotakis defeated John Matland in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicole Malliotakis	78.1	12,431
		John Matland	21.4	3,407
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,914
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Wolfe (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nicole Malliotakis advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Brittany Ramos DeBarros advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

2020

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 11

Nicole Malliotakis defeated incumbent Max Rose in the general election for U.S. House New York District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicole Malliotakis (R / Conservative Party)	53.1	155,608
		Max Rose (D / Independence Party)	46.8	137,198
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	508

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 293,314
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Max Rose advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Nicole Malliotakis defeated Joe Caldarera in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicole Malliotakis	68.7	15,697
		Joe Caldarera	30.8	7,046
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	111

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joey Saladino (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Nicole Malliotakis advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Max Rose advanced from the Independence Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

2018

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 11

Max Rose defeated incumbent Daniel Donovan and Henry Bardel in the general election for U.S. House New York District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Max Rose (D)	53.0	101,823
		Daniel Donovan (R)	46.6	89,441
		Henry Bardel (G)	0.4	774

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 192,038 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Max Rose	63.3	11,539
		Michael DeVito Jr.	20.0	3,642
		Omar Vaid	8.7	1,589
		Radhakrishna Mohan	3.9	719
	Submit photo	Paul Sperling	2.7	486
	Submit photo	Zach Emig	1.4	249

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 18,224
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael DeCillis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Incumbent Daniel Donovan defeated Michael Grimm in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel Donovan	62.9	13,515
		Michael Grimm	37.1	7,957

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 21,472
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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Campaign website

Rose’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Ending the Drug Epidemic Our community has been at the epicenter of the drug epidemic that’s swept across the country. Max promised results and during his short time in Congress – he’s already delivered. Max fought for and won a $140 million increase in funding to combat the opioid crisis through prevention and treatment. And he led a bipartisan coalition of Congress to do it. Max’s bill, the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, was signed into law by the President. It will combat the flow of deadly fentanyl into our community by imposing tough sanctions on any drug manufacturer in China, Mexico or anywhere else who produce and traffic illicit fentanyl. It also provides law enforcement with more tools and resources to go after opioid traffickers. Max teamed up with a Republican congressman from Arkansas to get the bill passed – because he will work with anyone at any time to get results and save lives. Read more here. He’s also breaking through red tape to get a state-of-the-art fentanyl screening lab built at JFK airport. This is needed because so much fentanyl comes into the U.S. from China via international mail through the mail depot at JFK. Max co-lead the Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act, a vital bill that creates a joint task force to enhance border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent fentanyl and other opioids from entering the U.S via the border. Again, Max worked with two Republican congressmen from Texas to get this passed in the House and it’s now awaiting approval in the Senate. Max is also leading the charge to not let drug corporations off the hook and to hold them and their top leadership financially and criminally responsible for the death and destruction they’ve brought to our country. Max is one of the few members of Congress with firsthand experience in combating the opioid crisis on the ground. As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, a group of nonprofit clinics in our community, Max helped bring a 24/7 drug recovery center to Staten Island—the first of its kind. He’s taken that same determination and innovative thinking to Congress, fighting for actual solutions to a national emergency that destroys lives one family at a time. Max is making sure victims of the opioid epidemic get the support and treatment they need by maintaining and expanding healthcare access. Victims of the opioid epidemic must be able to pay for treatment, and in New York, that often means funding through Medicaid. Medicaid funding is responsible for 38% of NY’s opioid fight funding, per the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Medicaid covers 4/10 adults with opioid addiction. Max is fighting all Republican efforts to eliminate funding to Medicaid, because without a fully-funded healthcare system, this crisis will only get worse. Max refuses all donations from Corporate PACs and lobbyists, including from drug manufacturers , and wrote the bill to eliminate them entirely so they can no longer bankroll politicians. Fixing Health Care and Lowering Drug Costs Rising premiums and deductibles have rendered insurance useless for far too many, while also eating away at stagnant take-home pay. Meanwhile, companies like Mylan jack up the price of an EpiPen by 400% without a thought – or consequence. But Max is getting results. Max is helping to lead the charge to lower prescription drug prices. He helped pass the bill to finally let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices and make the lower drug prices negotiated by Medicare available to all Americans, including those with private insurance. At the end of 2019, the House of Representatives passed this historic legislation, called the Lower Drug Costs Now Act. It included Max’s bill, the More Help for Seniors Act, which uses savings from negotiations to lower Medicare Part D copays and deductibles for low-income seniors. That day, Big Pharma lost, and the American people won. This legislation is now waiting for action in the Senate. Max is also focused on the mental and physical health of our veterans. He serves on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Max’s bill, the FIGHT Veteran Suicide Act, passed the House. He’s now fighting to get it passed in the Senate and signed into law. This bipartisan bill is a key effort to respond to the surge of veterans committing suicide at VA hospitals and clinics. The Breaking Barriers for Women Veterans Act, Max’s bipartisan bill to expand and improve VA care for our growing population of women veterans also passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate. Following a bipartisan tour of a VA health clinic in our district, the President’s VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said of Max: “It’s an honor for me to be here with a warrior, and I think it’s great for Staten Island—a borough with a military record of achievement that goes back hundreds of years, the highest number of veterans who served in World War II came from this borough—so having someone who speaks the language and understands the culture is absolutely key.” Read more here. Max thinks outside the box about how to improve people’s lives. Max’s amendment to the Violence Against Women Act will bring the domestic violence crisis hotline into the 21st Century by finally allowing text messages, not just calls. This will ensure that even if a woman is in a dangerous situation and can’t make noise to call she can still get the help she so desperately needs. This amendment passed the House along with the larger bill and needs to be passed by the Senate as soon as possible. Max is one of the few members of congress who worked in healthcare before being elected to serve their communities. As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, Max helped working people get healthcare they could afford. He knows firsthand how underserved our community is when it comes to these vital services, and has taken active steps to address this issue, including helping bring a medical clinic and drug recovery center to the Island. Competition is the American way. It’s high time that we level the playing field, so insurance companies and healthcare systems are competing on both pricing and quality with Medicare and other federal healthcare options. Max has cosponsored multiple pieces of legislation that will create a public option, improve healthcare delivery, and improve Medicare. Ending Our Commuting Nightmare and Rebuilding our Infrastructure Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites know what it feels like to get stuck in expressway traffic or to wait forever for the R train. A generations-long comprehensive infrastructure plan, with built-in apprenticeships and job-training programs, would give people a chance to build their futures at the same time they rebuild our highways. Max is fighting for a serious, substantial bill that will create jobs, improve commutes and create a better quality of life for everyone in New York’s 11th Congressional District. Max is working with Democrats and Republicans to make sure that we get the infrastructure bill that we deserve. Since taking office Max has: Gotten the bill that will allow for construction of the Staten Island East Shore Seawall signed into law by the President, allowing for construction to begin after years of delay. Passed split-tolling, which will reduce the number of out-of-state drivers using our streets as a toll-free thoroughfare, while raising $185 million over 15 years that will be reinvested into Staten Island and South Brooklyn. Supported State Senator Gounardes and Assemblymember Frontus’ proposal to extend the Verrazzano resident discount to Brooklynites. Secured $9 million in federal funding to improve the Brooklyn bus system, making bus run faster while also being more safe for pedestrians and riders. Fought attempts by the Administration to punish New York State when it comes to investing in our transportation infrastructure. New York sends $48 billion a year to DC to fund the nation’s priorities, but last year US DOT denied $342 million in grant funding that New York had requested. Worked with state and local officials to advance the West Shore and North Shore Rapid Transit projects, the Staten Island and West Shore Expressway expansions, ensure that the Staten Island Fast Ferry comes on line in 2020, and worked with Borough President James Oddo to explore the feasibility of an East Shore Ferry line. Pushed for out-of-the-box ideas like bifurcating the R-Train so that riders in Brooklyn aren’t delayed by a sick passenger in Queens. Stood with New York City Transit President Andy Byford as the MTA began delivery of 77 new Local, Select and 50 new Express buses through 2021. Stopping Gun Violence On any given day, 96 Americans are killed with guns, including seven who are children or teens. If we accept these deaths as the status quo, we’re insulting their memories. This does not have to be part of daily life in America. Max supports common-sense gun legislation that’s supported by 94% of American citizens, like universal background checks. During his first year in Congress, Max voted in favor of HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 to do just that. Max also supports: getting guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, empowering law enforcement and families to retain someone’s firearms if they are a danger to themselves or others. reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban, since weapons of war do not belong on our streets. including untraceable and unregistered weapons, called ghost guns, in Department of Homeland Security’s annual terrorism threat assessment. Since taking office he has passed bills that: Direct the intelligence community to study the threat of “ghost guns” in the hands of terrorists. establish universal background checks and close the gun show loophole close the “Charleston loophole” so that someone who is prohibited from buying a gun isn’t able to get one even if the FBI isn’t able to complete the background check within three days Allocate $25 million for CDC and NIH to study firearms injury and mortality prevention for the first time in 20 years. Counterterrorism and Homeland Security As both an Army Combat veteran and a Jewish member of Congress, Max understands the seriousness of protecting his constituents from vile acts of terrorism, hate, and prejudice. During his term, Max has secured millions in funding to protect New York City against terrorism and racist violence. Our world is changing, and so are the ways in which extremist groups inflict acts of extremism and terrorism. And in one of the most diverse cities in the world, no one should live in fear of racist or anti-semitic violence that have become a nearly daily occurrence. Got a $90 million increase in counterterrorism funding that New York City relies upon. Secured a $30 million increase in Nonprofit Grant Security Program funding to help protect religious institutions. Is leading the charge to recognize, label, and treat transnational white nationalist groups as foreign terrorist organizations. Had the House Committee on Homeland Security unanimously approve his bill, the Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act, which will ensure our law enforcement is able to properly assess security threats and keep us safe. Chaired two major hearings at the House Committee on Homeland Security on the wave of anti-Semitic violence in our communities after a series of disgusting assaults on Orthodox Jews in NY and NJ. Introduced the Raising the Bar Act, which works to reduce the amount of terrorist content circulating across social media platforms. Supporting Law Enforcement and First Responders As the first post-9/11 combat veteran serving New York City in elected office, Max’s top priority is the safety and security of our community. Max was chosen to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Intelligence, where he advocates for our city’s Bravest and Finest everyday. Max fought for and won a $90 million dollar increse in the counter-terrorism funding that NYC relies upon. Max has stood with law enforcement and bipartisan colleagues from across the state in calling for Albany to fix the recent bail and discovery laws and protect victims of crimes. He also went to bat for our NYPD officers and called on the Mayor to finally boost their pay to be competitive with NYS Troopers and MTA officers. Max always speaks out against attacks on our police officers, because he knows that our brothers and sisters in blue are making sacrifices daily to keep us safe. Time and again, Max gets it done. Max led the fight to reauthorize and fully fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to ensure that all of our first 9/11 responders get the care and compensation they deserve. Following the surge in police officers dying by suicide in New York City, Max fought for and secured an increase to more than double the funding for law enforcement mental healthcare. Max prioritizes the needs of the law enforcement community. When the NYPD let Max know that ghost guns were becoming a greater concern for them, he took action. These untraceable homemade weapons are assembled from parts or even 3D printed. Max got a bill signed into law by the President that will ensure a threat assessment regarding terrorist use of ghost guns and requires the Department of Homeland Security to share this threat assessment with local law enforcement. Rooting out Corruption When Max ran for Congress two years ago, he did it for a pretty simple reason: our problems were being ignored and if we weren’t being ignored we were getting screwed over by a bunch of politicians more focused on cashing out to corporate lobbyists than getting results for the people who put them in office. They’d take our tax money, our votes, and break every promise they made because they thought they could get away with it. And maybe until then they had—but in 2018 we said enough was enough. Max has run his campaign by telling corporate PACs and federal lobbyists to keep their damn money. By fighting to ban corporate PACs entirely, close lobbyist loopholes, overturn Citizens United, and increase transparency, Max is fighting against corruption and special interests every day. He believes that it is time to put government back on the side of working people. We came one step closer to achieving that by passing the most sweeping anti-corruption legislation in a generation: HR 1, the For the People Act, which makes it easier for people to vote, getting dark money out of politics, and demanding accountability from politicians. Since taking office, Max has: Introduced the Ban Corporate PACs Act, to get corporate money and special interests out of our democracy once and for all. Established End Corruption, a caucus comprised of the nation’s most promising lawmakers united against dark money, Big Pharma, and unaccountable politicians. Introduced the Transparency in Executive Branch Officials Finances Act, to ensure that no Executive Branch official can use their influence to foster undisclosed foreign business ties for their families–whether you’re Joe Biden, or Donald Trump. Co-led the Save Lives Act, to prevent Big Pharma and their corporate PACs from lining DC politicians’ pockets with their blood money. Fighting for Working People The people of Staten Island and South Brooklyn wake up every day and work their hearts out to keep this city and country going. And what have they gotten for that hard work? Politicians in Washington who cater to corporations and special interests’ demands, rigging the system for their benefit, while middle and working-class Americans get screwed over or left behind. Right now, the laws prohibiting employers from firing workers who are organizing are very weak and the penalties are too light. This makes it too easy for big businesses to put profits ahead of the hard-working union members who do the work right here in this district. Our country’s union members have been ripped off for too long, which is why Max is proud to have led the effort to ensure that we put government back on the side of working people, by passing the PRO Act. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act authorizes civil monetary penalties against employers who violate the National Labor Relations Act, protect workers from retaliation due to efforts to join a union, expand coverage of who is defined as an employee under the NLRA, and protect workers’ right to engage in collective action. Max has also helped pass legislation to: providing these officers and other TSA employees the worker rights and protections afforded to most other Federal workers under Title 5 of the U.S. Code. Protect older workers against age discrimination Protect health care and social service workers from violence in the workplace. Protect against outsourcing by requiring public companies to disclose the number of employees they and their subsidiaries have in each state and foreign country. Ban requirements to arbitrate employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust disputes from being imposed before a dispute arises. Protect workers’ pension by allowing plans to borrow money to remain solvent. Raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 over six years, and indexing it to median wage growth. Secure home healthcare workers with retirement benefits and allow long-term, part-time workers to join a 401(k) plan. Allow workers to participate in class action lawsuits that challenge systemic pay discrimination. Education As automation continues to eliminate more and more jobs, Congress has done nothing except pay lip service to addressing the challenges facing the American worker. One reason: far too many politicians have looked down on manufacturing jobs or skilled labor careers as a back-up rather than the bedrock of the middle class. Not Max. He is fighting to expand vocational education and manufacturing institutes, renewing our commitment to supporting skilled labor. Max wants to ensure that teachers and public schools have the right kind of resources to prepare our kids for the challenges of the 21st century, so that all kids have a shot at good job opportunities with or without a college degree. And instead of saddling those who do choose to go to college with mountains of debt, Max is working to lower student loan interest rates to the same levels that bailed-out banks received at the height of the financial crisis. His ultimate goal: making college debt free. Plain and simple, Max believes the federal government should not be making a profit on educational loans. It’s unacceptable. Max does not believe the Mayor’s plan to end the SHSAT is the best way to ensure that New York City’s children have the greatest education available to them. He believes we should be focused on ensuring that the city spends the millions of dollars allocated by the state to provide prep and training for the SHSAT correctly – which he does not believe they are doing so right now. Lowering standards, instead of aiming to lift every child up is the wrong decision for our district, and all of New York City’s children. Tax Reform It’s time families in Staten Island and South Brooklyn got their fair share of the prosperity they helped create. But for decades, special interests and giant corporations have used the tax code to rig the system and enrich themselves, even as wages and benefits for the American worker have stagnated. No corporation, no matter how big or powerful, should be able to exploit loopholes and rely on an army of lobbyists to avoid doing their part. And no company should be given a tax break for shipping jobs overseas or giving million-dollar bonuses to CEO’s while their workers struggle just to make it every day. That doesn’t just weaken the economy, it’s immoral. Max’s constituents on Staten Island and in South Brooklyn are struggling due to the high state, local, and property taxes hitting them and their small businesses. The most recent tax bill, which capped the State & Local Tax Deduction (SALT) at $10,000 per household, allowed for tax cuts for drug companies and billionaires on the backs of cops, firefighters, teachers, nurses and homeowners across the district. Max cosponsored the bipartisan Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act of 2019, which eliminated the $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction and created a new deduction for first responders. Max is fighting for a tax system that gives hard working Americans a tax cut, not corporations. He believes we need to pass a bill that looks out for us, not the special interests. That means raising the long-term capital gains tax rate for the wealthy so that billionaires no longer pay a lower tax rate than firefighters or teachers. It means raising the floor on the Alternative Minimum Tax – which has hurt middle class families– and meaningfully expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to put more money in our wallets. And it means closing loopholes, like the carried interest loophole, that allow big corporations to dodge taxes and lower the overall corporate tax rate so that small businesses receive a tax cut. Women's Rights Ensuring equal pay for equal work, protecting a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, and promoting gender equality in the workplace should all be universal values – and they’re values Max has defended while in Congress. He has: Championed the successful passage of the Violence Against Women Act in the House to protect Americans from abuse, and to ensure survivors have access to essential services Demanded that Congress stop spending their time and our money trying to undo Roe v. Wade, and defended women’s right to make their own healthcare decisions Fought for paid parental leave by cosponsoring the FAMILY Act, the gold standard in providing working people paid leave when they need it most Insisted our government protect a woman’s right to equal pay for equal work by cosponsoring and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act Rejected any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital community health services to underserved communities Stood up and spoke out against sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination Supported programs to advance women’s participation in small business ownership and industries where they have traditionally been under-represented Introduced The Breaking Barriers for Women Veterans Act, a bipartisan bill to expand and improve VA care for our growing population of women veterans For too long, women in America have had to fight the same battles over and over again. It’s time for Congress to start proactively supporting policies that give everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential.	”
—Max Rose’s campaign website (2020)

2018

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“	What is your political philosophy? The men and women I served with in Afghanistan worked together to do the impossible every single day - not for any awards or recognition, simply because that’s what their country asked of them. I’m running for Congress because I see far too many politicians in Washington who lack the commitment and courage to do the same. But it hasn’t always been this way. After far too many soldiers were killed by IEDs in Afghanistan, Congress acted. They put partisanship aside, put the smartest people together in a room, and solved the problem. In record time our Strykers were redesigned and I am alive today because of that. So, don’t tell me we can’t defeat the drug epidemic, rebuild our infrastructure, or get money out of politics. We’ve faced harder challenges before, and with new leaders in Congress, we can once again fight for the America we know is possible.	”
—Max Rose

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Stopping Gun Violence

There have been nearly 300 school shootings in America since that day in Newtown five years ago. On any given day, 96 Americans are killed with guns, including seven who are children or teens. If we accept these deaths as the status quo, we’re insulting their memories. This does not have to be part of daily life in America.

As a combat veteran, Max supports our right to keep and bear arms. He also knows we can respect the Second Amendment while doing more to get guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Weapons of war do not belong on our streets.

Fixing Healthcare

Rising premiums and deductibles have rendered insurance useless for far too many, while also eating away at stagnant take-home pay. Meanwhile, companies like Mylan jack up the price of an EpiPen by 400% without a thought – or consequence.

As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, Max helped working people get healthcare they could afford. He knows firsthand how underserved our community is when it comes to these vital services, and has taken active steps to address this issue, including helping bring a medical clinic and drug recovery center to the Island. Here are some of Max’s top healthcare priorities:

• Create a public healthcare option so that no county has just one insurer
• Enact all-payer rate-setting nationwide (as Maryland already does), giving the federal government the authority to negotiate the price of all medical services and set overall global budgets for hospital systems
• Lower the age of Medicare eligibility to 55
• Remove the healthcare system’s perverse profit incentives by transitioning to a system of valued based payments rather than fee-for-service
• Mandate that all health insurance companies provide essential benefits on a non-profit basis, ensuring that shareholders don’t benefit to the detriment of patients
• Protect public health through continued funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides much-needed health services to so many communities
• Expand healthcare market subsidies
• Fight any effort to restrict a woman’s right to choose
• Move the healthcare industry’s focus to achieving outcomes through investments in primary and preventive care

Competition is the American way. It’s high time that we level the playing field, so insurance companies and healthcare systems are competing on both pricing and quality with Medicare and other federal healthcare options.

Infrastructure and Jobs

Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites know what it feels like to get stuck in expressway traffic or to wait forever for the R train. A generations-long comprehensive infrastructure plan, with built-in apprenticeships and job-training programs, would give people a chance to build their futures at the same time they rebuild our highways. We need a serious, substantial bill that will create jobs, improve commutes and create a better quality of life for everyone in New York’s 11th Congressional District.

• Change federal funding formulas that discriminate against Staten Island and South Brooklyn, so we can get our fair share of funding. New York sends $48 billion a year to DC to fund the nation’s transportation priorities, but the federal Department of Transportation’s funding formulas prevent cities with more than 200,000 residents from receiving federal dollars to cover operating expenditures. Max will fight to raise the DOT funding cut off to include major urban centers, like New York City, who need the funding the most.
• Add HOV Lanes to the West Shore Expressway and Finish the HOV SIE Lane: In the absence of federal leadership, state officials have taken the lead in improving the West Shore Expressway, but anyone who’s driven those roadways knows that’s just a start. It’s time to add an HOV lane to the West Shore Expressway, and to extend the SIE HOV lane all the way to the Goethals Bridge. Max will fight to secure federal funding to ensure those projects happen ASAP.
• Secure federal funding to get the R-Train running more frequently and on time. We must modernize our signal system, fix track and station problems, and give New Yorkers a subway system that doesn’t leave Brooklyn residents stranded for hours waiting for the R-Train.
• Take on City Hall to ensure Staten Island is connected to the citywide ferry service system. Mayor de Blasio promised a five-borough system, but once again Staten Island was left out. A South Shore Ferry isn’t just a nice idea, it’s a necessity for residents who have one of the longest commutes in the country. Max will take the fight to City Hall, so Staten Islanders get the ferry service we were promised.
• Get the Staten Island Lightrail project moving. For years Staten Island light rail has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo with our members of Congress unable or unwilling to fund the studies that need to be completed before federal funding can be used for construction. Max will get the final study funded so that this game-changing project can move forward.
• Implement two-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge to reduce truck traffic. Not only do we have to pay a ridiculous toll to travel off the island, but commercial truck drivers take advantage of the one-way toll to dodge paying any tolls and then clog our streets in the process. With electronic toll collection now in place, there’s no reason we can’t switch to two-way tolls, splitting the cost of the current toll each way, to reduce truck traffic.
• Putting the Gateway Tunnel on the Express Track: The Gateway Tunnel Project will create jobs for residents of Staten Island and South Brooklyn and completing the project is absolutely essential to New York’s economy. Max will work with members of both party to get this critical project built, even if the President disagrees.
• Work with State and City Officials to Expedite North Shore Bus Rapid Transit: As local officials have already noted, we are years away from implementing the North Shore Bus Rapid Transit even as a development boom is expected to draw more New Yorkers to the North Shore than ever before. Max will work all levels of government to get this process sped up so that Staten Islanders aren’t left with even more gridlock and traffic while the MTA takes its time.
• Seek a seat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Every minute residents of Staten Island and South Brooklyn spend stuck in traffic or waiting for public transportation is more unnecessary time they are kept from seeing their families. Max will seek a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee so that they have a fierce advocate at the table where federal transportation decisions are made.

Ending the Drug Epidemic

Our community has been at the epicenter of the drug epidemic that’s swept across the country. It’ll take someone who understands the problem in all of its complexities to make sure we get the right kind of resources to fight back, and that’s Max Rose. As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, Max helped bring a 24/7 drug recovery center to Staten Island—the first of its kind. He’ll take the same determination and innovative thinking to Congress, fighting for actual solutions to a national emergency that destroys lives one family at a time.

Just as FDR used the power of government to eradicate Polio, and as Congress passed the Ryan White Act to help curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Max believes we need a national commitment to beating opioids that includes:

Ensuring not one more life is needlessly lost to a preventable overdose by:

• Reducing federal roadblocks to medically-assisted treatment: Suboxone is a life-saving drug that can diminish cravings for and withdrawal from opioids. Federal regulations restrict the amounts that doctors can prescribe and do not reflect the fact that in today’s healthcare world, Physician Assistants and Nurses provide a large portion of critical care. Congress must roll back these restrictions to ensure that victims of the opioid crisis are able to get the treatment they need to beat their addiction. Expanding access for Medical Marijuana is also critical and has been proven to help in communities hit hardest by the epidemic.
• Improving prescriber training: Since 1999, US opioid prescription rates have tripled, and these prescriptions are often the gateway to addiction. Congress must mandate continuing pain medication training for doctors, and create resources for medical and pharmacy schools to eliminate over-prescribing.
• Building on local successes: District Attorney Mike McMahon has launched multiple campaigns and partnerships to raise public awareness and prevent overdoses including SIHOPE, and helped equip NYPD officers with the Naloxone treatments they used to save nearly 300 lives last year. He was also a national pioneer in treating overdose cases as crimes, allowing law enforcement to conduct homicide investigations and bring those responsible to justice. Thanks in large part to his efforts, overdose deaths on Staten Island fell more than 25 percent last year. As a Congressman, I’ll introduce legislation to provide more federal funding for DA offices across the country, so that they finally have the resources necessary to implement local solutions to this crisis.

Getting victims of the opioid epidemic the support and treatment they need by:

• Ensuring the federal funding necessary to end the crisis: The opioid epidemic is the largest public health crisis facing our generation. Ending it once and for all will require the federal government to ensure that all aspects of treatment, from grant programs for building clinics and expanding recovery services, to research by SAMSA and the NIH, are adequately funded. Just as the Ryan White Act provided funding to improve the availability of care for HIV/AIDS patients, so too must a new spending bill unleash the full power of the federal government to eliminate the scourge of the opioid crisis.
• Improving provider communication and expand treatment options: As a Congressman, I’ll lead the effort to repeal the IMD exclusion, and fight to fund new outpatient clinics that handle substance abuse, mental health treatment, primary care, and wrap-around programs under one roof, improving inter-party communication that studies have shown is our greatest obstacle to eradicating this crisis.

Maintaining and expanding healthcare access: Victims of the opioid epidemic must be able to pay for treatment, and in New York, that often means funding through Medicaid. Medicaid funding is responsible for 38% of NY’s opioid fight funding, per the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Medicaid covers 4/10 adults with opioid addiction. Congress must resist Republican efforts to eliminate funding to Medicaid, because without a fully-funded healthcare system, this crisis will only get worse.

• Expanding clinic access in underserved areas: Researchers at Columbia University found that the opioid epidemic touches Staten Islanders “from all neighborhoods, races, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds,” and that “some areas with the most overdoses are also the most underserved in terms of opioid addiction treatment clinics.” There are only two methadone providers on the island, and just three inpatient clinics, only one of which offers detox. We need funding to double the number of clinics on Staten Island, to ensure that anyone impacted by this crisis has the resources they need to get better.

Bringing drug companies and drug dealers to justice by:

• Supporting a federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers: Congress must hold drug corporations financially and criminally responsible for the death and destruction they’ve brought to our country. Just as the government sued cigarette companies for the damage they willfully inflicted on Americans, it’s time for the federal government to join cities and states across the country, Republicans and Democrats alike, in forcing these drug companies, who misled the scientific community about the harmful effects of opioids for decades, to reform, pay up, and be brought to justice.
• Empowering law enforcement to stop the flow of fentanyl-laced drugs: As the opioid epidemic has progressed, many people have moved from painkillers to cocaine and heroin. But much of this heroin and cocaine is now laced with the opioid fentanyl — often without the knowledge of the people buying the drug. Congress must arm law enforcement agencies and the US Postal Service with the manpower and technology necessary to catch fentanyl as it’s being transported.
• Changing federal laws that handcuff law enforcement: Both parties let drug industry lobbyists write laws that prevented the DEA from going after prescription drug distributers who fail to report suspicious orders from pharmacies, and both parties have failed to follow New York’s lead and create a federal I-STOP program to prevent doctor shoppers and pharmacy shoppers from illegally obtaining and filling multiple prescriptions. Congress must stop protecting drug companies that write large campaign checks, and instead empower the DEA and other federal law enforcement agencies to adequately address and stop this crisis.

Protecting Our Rights

From an Attorney General who vehemently opposes criminal justice reform to executive orders that target our nation’s most vulnerable, the Trump Administration is rolling back decades of progress on civil rights and voting rights. We must:

• Foster truly meaningful criminal justice reform by working with affected communities, the judicial system and law enforcement to mend the divides between the criminal justice system and communities of color
• Protect and advance our rights to privacy and individual choice, which allow women to make their own healthcare decisions
• Pass comprehensive immigration reform, protect DACA recipients, and help hard-working families share in the American dream
• Remove mandatory sentences for non-violent offenses, so Judges can fairly and appropriately administer the law
• Ensure no soldier is disqualified from serving because of their gender identity. When Max was in harm’s way, it never mattered whether the soldier to his left or right was transgender. What mattered was that they had his back.
• Safeguard the right of every eligible American to have their voice heard in our elections
• Provide resources for DA’s offices across the country to investigate and prosecute animal abuse cases, which studies have shown are indicators of a propensity for violence.

Our Government is here to keep us safe and protect our rights. It’s time D.C. started acting like it.

American Leadership

As a veteran, Max understands that while America can’t solve all the world’s problems, none of those problems can be solved without America.

In the last year and a half, trusted allies have been insulted and the world has come to doubt that America’s word is its bond. It’s no surprise that our adversaries feel empowered as a result. Max will fight to protect and promote the legacy of global leadership our parents and grandparents worked so hard to build. That means adhering to these 10 principles:

• Respecting and working with our NATO allies
• Re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement and combating the effects of climate change
• Safeguarding human rights
• Empowering women and girls around the world
• Championing a free press
• Promoting efforts to counteract income inequality
• Leading the way in a competitive global marketplace
• Supporting Israel, and being firmly committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through US support of direct, bilateral negotiations aimed at resolving conflict and regional discord
• Recognizing Russia as a hostile foreign power and holding the Kremlin accountable for its attempts to undermine the sovereignty and democratic values of other nations
• Providing the State Department the resources it needs to engage with the world on all fronts, through diplomacy, humanitarian aid, and economic development.

One of Max’s proudest moments was attending the citizenship ceremony of one of the soldiers who served under his command in Afghanistan. There is something uniquely special about an America which encourages people from around the world to put on our uniform in the hopes of one day calling themselves an American citizen. That’s something we need to protect.

Standing up for Working People

The people of Staten Island and South Brooklyn wake up every day and work their hearts out to keep this city and country going. And what have they gotten for that hard work? Politicians in Washington who cater to corporations and special interests’ demands, rigging the system for their benefit, while middle and working-class Americans get screwed over or left behind. In Congress, Max will fight for the America we know is possible – one where we can create good-paying jobs as we rebuild our infrastructure with union labor. He’ll lead the fight against national right-to-work and advocate for stronger labor laws that make it easier for workers to unionize.

Right now, the laws prohibiting employers from firing workers who are organizing are very weak and the penalties are too light. This makes it too easy for big businesses like Charter Spectrum to put profits ahead of the hardworking members of Local 3 who do the work right here in this district.

At the national level, Max will vehemently oppose any efforts to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires government contractors to pay the local prevailing wages for work on federally funded projects. Repealing Davis-Bacon Act would be disastrous for states like New York, and Staten Island in particular, where the cost of living is so high. Max will never allow the union workers in his district to get screwed over.

Education

As automation continues to eliminate more and more jobs, Congress has done nothing except pay lip service to addressing the challenges facing theAmerican worker. One reason: far too many politicians have looked down on manufacturing jobs or skilled labor careers as a back-up rather than the bedrock of the middle class. Not Max. He’ll fight to expand vocational education and manufacturing institutes, renewing our commitment to supporting skilled labor.

But he won’t stop there. Max will fight to ensure that teachers and public schools have the right kind of resources to prepare our kids for the challenges of the 21st century, so that all kids have a shot at good job opportunities with or without a college degree. And instead of saddling those who do choose to go to college with mountains of debt, Max will work to lower student loan interest rates to the same levels that bailed-out banks received at the height of the financial crisis. His ultimate goal: making college debt free. Plain and simple, Max believes the federal government should not be making a profit on educational loans. It’s unacceptable.

Max does not believe Mayor’s plan to end the SHSAT is the best way to ensure that New York City’s children have the greatest education available to them. He believes we should be focused on ensuring that the city spends the millions of dollars allocated by the state to provide prep and training for the SHSAT correctly – which he does not believe they are doing so right now. Lowering standards, instead of aiming to lift every child up is the wrong decision for my district, and all of New York City’s children.

Tax Reform

It’s time families in Staten Island and South Brooklyn got their fair share of the prosperity they helped create. But for decades, special interests and giant corporations have used the tax code to rig the system and enrich themselves, even as wages and benefits for the American worker have stagnated. No corporation, no matter how big or powerful, should be able to exploit loopholes and rely on an army of lobbyists to avoid doing their part. And no company should be given a tax break for shipping jobs overseas or giving million-dollar bonuses to CEO’s while their workers struggle just to make it every day. That doesn’t just weaken the economy, it’s immoral.

Max will fight for a tax system that gives hard working Americans a tax cut, not corporations. He’ll fight to roll back the Republican tax bill that raised our taxes, made it harder for the middle class to get ahead, and added $1.5 trillion dollars to the deficit. He’ll work to pass a bill that looks out for us, not the special interests. That means raising the long-term capital gains tax rate for the wealthy so that billionaires no longer pay a lower tax rate than firefighters or teachers. It means raising the floor on the Alternative Minimum Tax – which has hurt middle class families– and meaningfully expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to put more money in our wallets. And it means closing loopholes, like the carried interest loophole, that allow big corporations to dodge taxes and lower the overall corporate tax rate so that small businesses receive a tax cut.

Women's Rights

Ensuring equal pay for equal work, protecting a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, and promoting gender equality in the workplace should all be universal values – and they’re values Max will defend and protect. He will:

• Demand that Congress stop spending their time and our money trying to undo Roe v. Wade, and defend women’s right to make their own healthcare decisions
• Fight for paid parental leave, the implementation of which could revolutionize workforce participation
• Insist our government protects a woman’s right to equal pay for equal work
• Reject any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital community health services to underserved communities
• Stand up and speak out against sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination
• Support programs to advance women’s participation in small business ownership and industries where they have traditionally be under-represented

For too long, women in America have had to fight the same battles over and over again. It’s time for Congress to start proactively supporting policies that give everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential.

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"Ever" - Rose campaign ad, released September 17, 2018

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Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Joe Biden  source  (D, Working Families Party)	President of the United States (2020)	Primary	Won General
Michael Bloomberg  source	President of the United States (2020)		Withdrew in Convention

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Preceded by Daniel Donovan (R)	U.S. House - New York District 11 2019-2021	Succeeded by Nicole Malliotakis (R)

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District 23

Nick Langworthy (R)

District 24

Claudia Tenney (R)

District 25

Joseph Morelle (D)

District 26

Tim Kennedy (D)

Democratic Party (21)

Republican Party (7)