he appeared in washington along with connecticut governor dan malloy to discuss opportunities for job creation and touch on a number of efforts during what he has faced in the first year in office as he tries to restructure the tax code in michigan, also to encourage more business development across the state. here's how some of it unfolded on capitol hill. again you're going to hear from governor rick snyder. he is a republican from michigan. and governor dan malloy in connecticut as he testified on capitol hill on taxes and job creation and the u.s. economy. >> thank you both for being here. i realize, we all realize, this is a difficult time for you. budget season coming up. you're going to be called upon to make very difficult decisions, as we are here in this committee and in this congress. i wanted to revisit a difficult decision that we had to make, governor snyder, which you've addressed a couple of times now. you mentioned in response about the need for best practices in deploying taxpayer dollars and how critically important it is, to make sure it's a wise use of taxpayer do

governor dan malloy took office as the 80th governor of connecticut on generate fifth, 2011 per year to his election governor lowry worked as a prosecutor in brooklyn new york, serving four years as district attorney in 1995 and governor malloy served 14 years as the mayor of stamford connecticut. there was a real job, no question about it to the he received his undergraduate degree from boston college. welcome to you both. before i recognize each of you to provide your testimony, let me once again briefly explain our lighting system. you will each have five minutes to present your testimony. if you go over like will not be gaveling you down if i start to get nervous appear you'll hear a gentle tapping. when you began to light in front of you will turn green and when one is left the light will turn yellow and when your time is expired the light will turn red. after everyone testified, we hear members will each have five minutes to have the chance to ask questions and have them answered from the panel. so at this time, we will start with governor snyder. governor, you are recognized.

governor dan malloy took office as the 80th governor of connecticut on generate fifth, 2011 per year to his election governor lowry worked as a prosecutor in brooklyn new york, serving four years as district attorney in 1995 and governor malloy served 14 years as the mayor of stamford connecticut. there was a real job, no question about it to the he received his undergraduate degree from boston college. welcome to you both. before i recognize each of you to provide your testimony, let me once again briefly explain our lighting system. you will each have five minutes to present your testimony. if you go over like will not be gaveling you down if i start to get nervous appear you'll hear a gentle tapping. when you began to light in front of you will turn green and when one is left the light will turn yellow and when your time is expired the light will turn red. after everyone testified, we hear members will each have five minutes to have the chance to ask questions and have them answered from the panel. so at this time, we will start with governor snyder. governor, you are recognized.