DCist Reader Traci Kidwell was paying attention when we were live blogging preliminary debate in the Senate ahead of Tuesday’s successful cloture vote on the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. In case you weren’t, here a refresher: Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R), the Minority Whip in the Senate, trotted out an argument previously made famous by Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert (R).

“The District does not lack for representation in Congress,” Kyl said. “It actually already has representatives in Congress, 100 Senators and 435 House members, all of whom, under the Constitution itself, have the jurisdiction and indeed the obligation to provide for the general welfare of the residents of the District of Columbia.”

We then posted contact information for Sen. Kyl’s office, including the email address for his chief of staff, Tim Glazewski, and encouraged our readers to take the senator up on his promise to provide for our general welfare. Traci did just that, and sent us Sen. Kyl’s response. We’ve posted it below, along with Traci’s original letter.