[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5872]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             LEMOORE PILOTS

  (Mr. COSTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
two heroic officers from the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California, 
that I represent, who tragically lost their lives on April 6, 2011, 
Lieutenant Matthew Ira Lowe and Lieutenant Nathan Hollingsworth 
Williams. These pilots were among our best, doing extraordinary things.
  Lieutenant Lowe, of Plantation, Florida, received his commission in 
2002, and later was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 94 based at 
Lemoore Naval Air Station. Throughout his service, Lieutenant Lowe 
earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the National 
Defense Service Medal, and was training to become a pilot for the Blue 
Angels exhibition team.
  Lieutenant Williams, of Oswego, New York, received his commission in 
2004, and following his training served in Afghanistan aboard the USS 
Theodore Roosevelt. Returning home, Lieutenant Williams became a flight 
instructor at Lemoore Naval Air Station, training other officers on the 
aircraft the Super Hornet.
  Madam Speaker, the deaths of these two individuals, Lieutenant 
Williams and Lieutenant Lowe, are a tragic reminder that the men and 
women who serve our Nation every day in harm's way throughout the world 
put their lives at risk.
  Please join me for a moment of silence as we honor the service of 
these two individuals for our country.

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