[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 144 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Remembering John McCain

  Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, before I speak on another topic I sadly 
have to come to the floor every week and speak on, I want to offer my 
heartfelt condolences to the McCain family and all of his friends and 
supporters.
  I had the privilege of serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee 
with Senator McCain for 3 years. I learned a lot from him. During his 
entire time in Congress, he did a wonderful job of standing up for the 
men and women in uniform and standing up for veterans.
  I also wanted to share this one story. I had a reporter ask me 
yesterday: What kinds of experiences have you had with him that were 
most memorable? It was a day I spent with him in North Carolina back in 
2014. I think you can really judge a politician by how they behave when 
they are not in front of the camera or here at one of the desks in the 
Senate. When you saw him interacting with men and women in uniform and 
with veterans, you saw a man with a heart of gold and a commitment to 
those men and women in uniform.
  I want to again tell the McCain family that our prayers are with them 
and our hearts are with them. We thank them for allowing him to share 
some of his life here with us in the Senate.