; Whereas in keeping with Senator McCain’s outlook, the American people must never surrender or hide from difficult tasks, and instead work to ensure that the United States remains a shining city on a hill that provides hope to the oppressed; Whereas Senator McCain was a vocal believer in the strengths of the United States, saying: (1) Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again. (2) Civic participation over a lifetime, working in neighborhoods and communities and service of all kinds—military and civilian, full-time and part-time, national and international—will strengthen America’s civic purpose. (3) America’s greatest strength has always been its hopeful vision of human progress. (4) Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in return. (5) Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that. (6) Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. ; and Whereas, on August 25, 2018, at the age of 81, Senator John S. McCain III passed away, leaving behind his wife, Cindy, his seven children, his mother, Roberta, and a legacy of passionate service to the United States and advocacy for a strong American presence around the world: Now, therefore, be it