[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          REMEMBERING CAPTAIN
                              JEFFREY KUSS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Katko) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the life of Marine 
Corps Captain Jeffrey Kuss, a pilot with the Navy's elite Blue Angels 
flying squadron, who tragically lost his life in a fatal crash just 
over 1 week ago.
  This week is the first-ever Navy Week in Syracuse, New York, in my 
district, which is marked by a series of local outreach efforts that 
are focused on translating the mission of the U.S. Navy to our 
community.
  The week was expected to culminate with a performance of the Blue 
Angels at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport Airshow. 
Tragically, Marine Corps Captain Jeff Kuss, a married father of two 
young children, was killed when his jet crashed 2 miles from a runway 
near Nashville, Tennessee.
  Captain Kuss, a native of Durango, Colorado, devoted his life to 
serving our country as a U.S. marine--joining the Blue Angels in 
September of 2014. At 32 years old, he had accumulated more than 1,400 
flight hours and 175 carrier-arrested landings. His decorations include 
the Strike/Flight Air Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement 
Medal, and various personal and unit awards.
  While the Syracuse Airshow will go on without the Blue Angels this 
weekend, our community is deeply saddened by the loss of this fallen 
pilot, and the show will celebrate and pay tribute to his life.
  As Captain Kuss' family and the Blue Angels team grieve this 
tremendous loss, this weekend, central New York will remember and honor 
his life and service to our great Nation.
  Semper Fi Marine.

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