1999-2000 Photo Gallery

Rep. Snyder presents the Bronze Star to George Ramsy of Benton on Aug. 23.

Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR), a former Marine and Vietnam veteran, stands with 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps James Jones for the Marine Corps 225th birthday celebration on November 2.  The actual birthday for the Marines will be Nov. 10, but the celebration was held early so that Marines in Congress could participate.  Snyder was present for the cake-cutting ceremony, which occurs throughout the Marine Corps, in which the highest ranking officer presents a piece of cake to the oldest and youngest Marines present.

Rep. Snyder addresses the "Veterans Washington Rally" about his bill, H.R. 1020, the "Veterans' Hepatitis C Benefits Act of 1999." The bill would establish a presumption of service connection for the occurrence of hepatitis C in certain veterans.

Dr. William Golden, Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, testifies about medical errors before a joint Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and the Environment and Oversight & Investigations hearing on February 9. For more information on this topic click here.

Rep. Vic Snyder talks with Bruce Evans (right), a Little Rock Central High School senior, about his experiences in "Voices Against Violence: A Congressional Teen Conference," held in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 19-20, 1999. Evans was one of 400 teen-agers from around the United States to participate in conference. The summit offered the attendees the opportunity to share their views on youth violence with federal policy makers and law enforcement officials. The students, all between the ages of 13-19, were selected because they have shown an interest in reducing youth violence in their communities. Rep. Snyder is one of 127 Democrats and three Republicans who were represented by students at the conference. During the two-day conference, students heard from President Clinton, attended a series of workshops on model programs and initiatives to curb teen violence, participated in a national web chat session, and drafted a resolution for consideration by Congress. The premiere of the MTV documentary "Fight for Your Rights: Through My Eyes," a look at violence in America as seen through the eyes of teen-agers and law enforcement, also was shown at the conference. Evans was chaperoned by Victor McMurray (center), a teacher at Central High School.

Rep. Vic Snyder met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Aug. 29 in Israel. Snyder and 17 other members of Congress were in Israel Aug. 26-Sept. 1 as part of an educational mission on the continuing peace process in the Middle East region. During the trip, the delegation also met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "Military and political tensions in the region have made it breeding ground for terrorism," Snyder said. "As we have seen with the bombing of the World Trade Center and of our embassies in Africa, stability in this region is definitely in our national interest." Snyder is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

Rep. Vic Snyder tells the story of heart transplant recipient Crayton Sams, 5, during the August 18, 1999, Family First Pledge event at the Arkansas State Capitol. The event was held to raise awareness about organ donation and to thank several federal and state government officials from Arkansas for their support of organ donation issues. Sams, from Benton, received a heart transplant as an infant. According to the American Society for Transplant Surgeons, Arkansas is the first state in which all members of Congress and the governor have pledged their support for organ and tissue donation by signing the First Family Pledge. The pledge is a promise to talk with family members about organ donation. Even if one requests to be an organ donor on a driver's license, donation is a decision the next of kin must make.

Rep. Vic Snyder walked with Doris Haddock, better known as "Granny D," on her way to the Arkansas State Capitol August 19. Haddock, an 89-year-old great-grandmother of 11, was in Arkansas as part of her plan to walk across the United States to Washington, D.C., to encourage support for campaign finance reform. Her journey east started on December 31, 1998 in Pasadena, California. As she  makes her way across the U.S., Granny D encourges people to sign her campaign finance reform petition, which reads as follows: "We the People of the United States of America Beeseech Our Government to Enact with all Speed a Meaningful Campaign Finance Reform Eliminating Soft Money and Using Clean Money for a Clean Campaign."

Rep. Vic Snyder visited a food distribution center near Adigrat in northern Ethiopia during his July 2-11 fact-finding trip to the war-torn region. The center aids Ethiopians who have been displaced by the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war.

Snyder also toured a camp in Eritrea for Eritreans displaced by the war, where donkeys and buckets are used to gather and transport water for the camp. Ethiopian and Eritrea, former allies, have been at war over a disputed common border since May 1998. After decades of rebellion, in 1991 rebels in Eritrea and Ethiopia toppled repressive Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. Eritrea gained its formal independence in 1993, with the common border between the two countries set using the loosely demarcated line drawn by Italian colonials in the nineteenth century.

Rep. Vic Snyder visited a food distribution center near Adigrat in northern Ethiopia (left) during his July 2-11 fact-finding trip to the war-torn region.

The center aids Ethiopians who have been displaced by the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war. Snyder also toured a camp in Eritrea for Eritreans displaced by the war, where donkeys and buckets are used to gather and transport water for the camp. Ethiopian and Eritrea, former allies, have been at war over a disputed common border since May 1998. After decades of rebellion, in 1991 rebels in Eritrea and Ethiopia toppled repressive Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. Eritrea gained its formal independence in 1993, with the common border between the two countries set using the loosely demarcated line drawn by Italian colonials in the nineteenth century.

Jimmy Alley of Little Rock met with Rep. Vic Snyder June 22, 1999, while in Washington, D.C. for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Children's Congress. Children from all 50 states attended the JDF Congress, with Alley the only representative from Arkansas. The purpose of the gathering was to raise awareness about diabetes among members of Congress and to advocate for more research funding in the quest for a cure.

Jennifer Magie (holding painting, right) of Sacred Heart Catholic School in Morrilton is the winner from Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District of the 1999 Congressional High School Art Competition. Rep. Vic Snyder announced the winner at a reception at the Arkansas Arts Council's gallery in Little Rock on Friday, May 14. Magie’s winning entry is a work in tempera paint called "The Laughter." The annual Congressional High School Art Competition gives one student from each congressional district in the nation the opportunity to have his or her work displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Vic Snyder and Gen. Don Morrow (second from left), Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard, on April 30, 1999 cut the ribbon to open the 189th Airlift Wing Supply Complex for the Arkansas Air National Guard at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville. Gen. Andrew Thompson (left), commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard, and Col. Galen Bryant (right), commander of the 189th Airlift Wing, also participated in the ceremony.

Rep. Vic Snyder places captain's epaulets on the U.S. Navy uniform of Mickey Vernon Ross, a North Little Rock native. The promotion ceremony was held March 3, 1999 at Naval Sea Systems Command in Arlington, Va. Ross's sons (pictured) assisted in the ceremony. Ross serves as the Director of Combat Systems for the Program Executive Office for Aircraft Carriers. (Photo by Dave Fliesen, U.S. Navy Chief Journalist)

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