House Democrats are hammering Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai over his decision to cut nine companies from a program that provides subsidized internet service to low-income people.

Forty-one Democrats, including Reps. Ro Khanna (Calif.), Anna Eshoo (Calif.) and Ron Kind Ronald (Ron) James KindWisconsin Rep. Ron Kind wins primary Democrats exit briefing saying they fear elections under foreign threat Bottom line MORE (Wis.), signed a letter on Tuesday saying that Pai’s move would hurt poor communities.

“Your action will hurt those in our country that need the most help,” they wrote. “Your arbitrary decision will hurt poor children and widen the digital divide.”

Pai's decision has sparked an uproar among Democrats.

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The House letter follows one sent on Friday from 15 Democratic senators that also blasted the decision.

“This action does nothing but create a harmful chilling effect on potential provider participation and unfairly punish low-income consumers,” that letter, which was signed by Dem Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Cory Booker (N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts It's time for newspapers to stop endorsing presidential candidates MORE (Mass.), said.

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (N.J.), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, also blasted the decision earlier this month, calling it a “baseless action.”

On Feb. 3rd, Pai cut nine companies from the FCC’s Lifeline program, which provides families with $9.25 a month to help subsidize paying for internet. Those companies had been approved just weeks before, near the end of then-Democratic Chairman Tom Wheeler's tenure.

Pai took over as FCC chairman at the end of January. He's said one of his chief priorities will be bridging the digital divide between well-connected communities and poor and rural areas that lack easy access to telecommunications or broadband.

The new chairman defended dropping nine companies from the broadband program, saying he took the action to give the agency more time for review and insisting he was committed to helping expand internet access.

“Hyperbolic headlines always attract more attention than mundane truths,” he wrote in a blog post on Medium.

“For example, a story detailing how the FCC was undertaking further review of the eligibility of 1% of Lifeline providers wouldn’t generate too many clicks."