The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America.

During this time he travelled overseas to volunteer his medical services at Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras and Ethiopian refugee camps in Sudan. On issues of free and expanded trade Snyder differs with his party especially his Southern populist colleagues. Snyder voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment the ban on partial-birth abortions banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors bankruptcy reform drilling in ANWR and on October 10 2002 he was among the 133 members of the House who voted against authorizing the invasion of Iraq.

Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district serving from 1997 to 2011. Victor F. He is a member of the Democratic Party.