New York Democratic Rep. Max Rose Max RoseLawmakers fear voter backlash over failure to reach COVID-19 relief deal The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep Navy cancels training flight over NYC on 9/11 after criticism MORE wrote an op-ed this week pushing back on efforts to impeach President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE, warning it could distract from pursuing other initiatives.

Rose said in the op-ed published in the Staten Island Advance that there is “no doubt that this administration is one of the most corrupt in history” but argued that pursuing a “partisan impeachment process won’t address any of those serious issues.”

“It’s clear as day, the swamp is alive and thriving,” Rose wrote. “The truth is impeachment will only tear our country further apart and we will see no progress on the enormous challenges we face as a nation."

“Impeachment will not fix our roads and bridges or lower the costs of drugs. Impeachment will not keep our kids safe from gun violence or end the opioid epidemic,” he continued. “Impeachment will not improve the lives of the hardworking Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites that I fight for every day.”

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Rose, who is up for reelection next year in a district Trump won in 2016, added that he fears the Democratic Party will make a mistake by “focusing on impeachment instead of infrastructure, healthcare costs, and putting people to work with livable wages and benefits.”

More than 130 House Democrats are on record endorsing in some form efforts to impeach Trump. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats have resisted that push, citing a lack of support from both the public and GOP lawmakers.

"Legislate, investigate, litigate. That's the path that we've been on, and that's the path we continue to be on," Pelosi said during her weekly press briefing in the Capitol on Thursday.

Rose, who first won election to his seat last year, is running for reelection in a district rated a "toss-up" by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. While former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE won the state of New York by double digits in 2016, Trump won Rose’s 11th District by nearly 10 points.

“There’s far too much work left to be done and we are in danger of losing the trust of the American people if we choose partisan warfare over improving the lives of hardworking families,” Rose wrote in his op-ed. “I made a promise to my constituents to focus on making their lives better, and I won’t break it.”