Sen. Tom Udall Thomas (Tom) Stewart UdallOVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Senate Democrats demand White House fire controversial head of public lands agency OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump extends Florida offshore drilling pause, expands it to Georgia, South Carolina | Democrats probe Park Service involvement in GOP convention | Sanders attacks 'corporate welfare' to coal industry included in relief package MORE (D-N.M.) is urging his colleagues to pass legislation forcing the Trump administration to release White House visitor logs.

"If President Trump won’t release this critical information on his own, then Congress must compel him to do so," Udall said on Friday.

He added that Congress "must act immediately to pass" the Make Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act — or Mar-a-Lago Act — after the Trump administration announced Friday that it wouldn't voluntarily disclose visitor logs.

Udall argued that the decision broke with Trump's campaign pledge to "drain the swamp."

"This stunning decision from the Trump White House raises an obvious question: what is President Trump trying to hide? Once again, this administration is stonewalling information that Congress and the American people have a right to see," the Democratic senator said.

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Democrats introduced the Mar-a-Lago Act late last month. It would require the Trump administration to publish public visitor logs for the White House "or any other location where President Trump regularly conducts official business."

But the legislation faces an uphill battle in a GOP-controlled Congress. No Republican lawmakers have signed on to the bill.

White House communications director Mike Dubke released a statement on Friday saying the administration would break with the Obama-era visitor log practice because of “the grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.”

The Obama administration published the logs roughly three to four months after they were created, with some exemptions. Under the Trump administration’s policy, the records will be kept secret until five years after the president leaves office.

Friday's decision earned immediate backlash from ethics and good-government watchdogs, and Udall argued that the decision is the latest example that Trump is catering to special interests.