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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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** FILE ** Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder acknowledges applause as he is introduced before delivering his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, from left, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, and House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, applaud as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, right, delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder acknowledges the crowd before delivering his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Accompanied by his wife, Sue Snyder, left, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, right, greets state Attorney General Bill Schuette while entering the House Chambers before delivering his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in the House Chambers of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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** FILE ** The Senate report on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, containing newly declassified intelligence data, coincided with the release of once-secret transcripts from the House Armed Services Committee on what the military thought and did that day. (Associated Press)

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Senate President Donna Mercado Kim speaks as the state Senate begins its 2014 session at the Hawaii Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)

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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, center, waves before delivering his State of the State address as Speaker of the House Gordon Fox, left, and Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, right, applaud and look on in the House chambers of the Statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in Providence, R.I. The annual speech traditionally sets out a governor's priorities for the year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)