Richard Blumenthal actually said...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for being here today.

We, by the way, settled the cases and the investigations involving these companies to the benefit of our police departments in Connecticut.

Is there any possibility that this funding could be restored?

When it strikes you as odd, I assume that 'odd'--and it is a very well chosen word--may be a euphemism for strange or unnecessary or invasiv...