U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, is co-sponsoring a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to restore the 2015 net neutrality rules that have kept the internet open and free.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday on party lines to eliminate the net neutrality rules.

The net neutrality decision has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum and was protested in Canton on Dec. 7.

The CRA resolution is sponsored by Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and will be introduced when the new FCC rule is formally submitted to Congress.

“The FCC just voted to give the biggest corporations much more control over what people see on the Internet,” Gillibrand said in a news release. “This was a shameful decision, and now that it has gone through, the biggest service providers could be able to decide which sites are fast and which sites are slow with little oversight. This is an attack on free speech, it’s a disturbing example of the corrupt relationship between corporations and the government, and I urge all of my colleagues to join this resolution and overturn this vote by the FCC.”

CRA resolutions allow Congress to overturn regulatory actions at federal agencies with a simple majority vote in both chambers. In accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the senators will formally introduce the resolution once the rule is submitted to both houses of Congress and published in the federal register.

North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, has spoken in favor of net neutrality and says “an open internet is critical to promoting prosperity and innovation with the power to enhance our lives, communities, and markets.”

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman says he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to stop the rollback of net neutrality following the Federal Communication Commission’s vote to repeal the measure.