Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pressed the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide an update on the agency’s plans to redeploy vital Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) sensors. Without the restoration of full OOI Endurance Array operations, Pacific Northwest researchers and fishermen will be left without access to critical data during the busy summer and fall months. In the NSF update on the OOI, NSF committed to “not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the remaining arrays and will continue operations including planned maintenance. While the Endurance Array has been removed from the water, we are developing plans to redeploy the equipment after servicing.” We look forward to working with the NSF and our dedicated university research teams to assess and redeploy the OOI and Endurance Array as quickly as possible.