New Mexico’s U.S. Senators, Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman are among a group of nine senators who now say they wish to reform the PATRIOT Act. Together, they have cosponsored the Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act.

The other original cosponsors are Russ Feingold (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jon Tester (D-MT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). Feingold was the only U.S. Senator to vote against the original PATRIOT Act.

Recently, the administration of President Barack Obama announced that they were extending provisions of the PATRIOT Act.

From a Feingold press release:

The Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act would reform the USA PATRIOT Act, the FISA Amendments Act and other surveillance authorities to protect Americans’ constitutional rights, while preserving the powers of our government to fight terrorism.

Here’s a video of Senator Tom Udall, when in the House, he was one of just 66 House members who voted against the original PATRIOT Act, speaking on the need to reform the PATRIOT Act.

“We’re calling this new legislation the JUSTICE Act because it’s going to find the right balance between protecting our privacy rights and giving our law enforcement the tools they need to deal with the terrorists,” Udall says in the video.

Bingaman voted against the renewal of the PATRIOT Act in 2006.