[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 144 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5963-S5964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING JOHN McCAIN

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, as the Senate continues to mourn the 
loss of our friend and fellow Senator John McCain, let us dwell on how 
best to remember this great man; his friendship, his service, his 
integrity, his career in the Senate.
  One of the ways to carry on his memory is for us to try to live up to 
the expectations he had for the Senate, expectations he shared with us 
even in his waning days: to act with more humility, to ignore the 
critics, to put aside our differences when necessary, and learn to 
trust each other more.
  In Senator McCain's memory, we can try to live by those principles 
and make this Senate a place where, despite the noisy din of politics, 
progress can still be made.

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  That is a sentiment I hope will long outlast the memorials, the 
tributes, and the observances this week.
  I also propose that we recognize Senator McCain's legacy by renaming 
the Russell Senate Office Building in his honor. For three decades, 
Senator McCain was a fixture in those marble halls, an institution of 
the Senate. It is only fitting that his name should adorn a physical 
institution of the Senate, particularly one that housed the Armed 
Services Committee. What better way to encourage future Senators, their 
staffs, reporters, and average Americans to study his noble but 
imperfect example.
  Today I will be circulating a letter with Senator Flake, asking all 
of our colleagues if they will be willing to join us in a resolution to 
officially rename the Russell Building the McCain Building. I hope that 
many, if not most or all, will join because Senator McCain was a dear 
friend to all of us and a great American, a great Senator, a great man. 
Let his name be an example to future generations, as his service and 
character were to every one of us.

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