Rose vows to combat opioid epidemic, attack corruption
Freshman lawmaker lays out agenda at inauguration
U.S. Rep. Max Rose, who directed a nonprofit agency providing care for opioid-addicted patients before entering politics, vowed to combat the drug epidemic hitting his Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island congressional district as he laid out an ambitious agenda for his first term in a swearing in ceremony on Saturday.
“No parent should have to bury their child,” Rose told a crowd of supporters and fellow elected officials at his oath of office ceremony at the St. George Theater on Staten Island.
In his speech, Rose, a U.S. Army veteran who earned a Purple Heart while serving in Afghanistan in 2013, also promised to work to improve transportation in the district and to fight corruption in politics.