Murray Joins Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems

This press release from Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) was published on 2026-06-15 and titled "Murray Joins Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems".

Murray Joins Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems

Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and a bipartisan group of senators to demand the National Science Foundation (NSF) halt its plans to dismantle the vital Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a complex system of 900 ocean monitoring instruments that [ ] The post Murray Joins Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems appeared first on Senator Patty Murray .