{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-express-concerns-over-doi-spokespersons-anti-police-rhetoric", "Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Express Concerns Over DOI Spokesperson's Anti-Police Rhetoric", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", "cramer", "https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined his colleagues in a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland expressing concerns over the lack of action taken following Tyler Cherry, Department of the Interior's (DOI) spokesperson, posting several anti-police statements online. Cherry\u2019s statements were released amid record-low recruitment and retention for the U.S. Park Police (USPP), an agency within DOI.\n\nThe letter notes the staffing crisis at USPP is a public safety issue which merits Congressional oversight.\n\n\u201cAs you may be aware, between 2014 and 2018, your Department\u2019s spokesperson, Tyler Cherry, posted a number of offensive and derogatory statements towards law enforcement officers online. We are appalled by these statements, which have come to light amid near-record low staffing at the U.S. Park Police (USPP)\u2014a federal law enforcement agency housed within your Department,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cWe are deeply concerned that the following statements made by Cherry have had a negative impact on the morale of USPP officers and, in turn, contributed to the staffing issues within your Department.\u201d\n\n\u201cMaking hateful and divisive public statements towards law enforcement officers is directly counter to the goal of improving police-community relations, increasing officer morale, and recruiting and retaining a high-quality police force,\u201d the senators continued. \u201cCherry\u2019s conduct is unbecoming of a senior Department of the Interior (DOI) official. Accordingly, we urge you and your Department to immediately condemn these repugnant statements and take appropriate remedial action.\u201d\n\nU.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) led the letter to Interior Secretary Haaland. Additional cosigners include U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Braun (R-IN), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Mike Rounds (R-SD).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-express-concerns-over-doi-spokespersons-anti-police-rhetoric"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1424729600548744, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}