Press release: “U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., Thursday became a founding member of the tri-partisan Patriot Act Reform Caucus. Passed weeks after the September 11 attacks, the sweeping anti-terrorism law has increasingly come under criticism from the left and the right. The law included 16 provisions that expire at the end of 2005. Other members of the Patriot Act Reform Caucus include U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.”