Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(Parsons Sun) Boyda fights Army on ending KAAP production: The Army is firm on its position to shut down all munitions production at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, but Congresswoman Nancy Boyda said that doesn’t mean it will happen. “The Army Materiel Command, quite honestly, is the one not interested in keeping (the plant) open,” Boyda told an audience of doctors and hospital staff at Labette Health on Monday. “My job is to make them unhappy.” The AMC has taken a hard-line stance on Base Realignment and Closure Commission requirements and has no interest in keeping a production capability at KAAP, even on a contract basis. But Boyda, who has been appointed to the House Armed Services Committee, said she will fight for a solution that benefits Southeast Kansas.(Parsons Sun) Boyda: Health care workers should unify in D.C.: Second District Rep. Nancy Boyda, a Topeka Democrat, told doctors and hospital administrators that health care providers need to address Congress with a united voice if they are going to be more influential than pharmaceutical and insurance companies. The freshman congresswoman addressed a group of physicians at Labette Health Monday night. She said the different lobbying groups for physicians, hospitals, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals have been approaching her, and other lawmakers, separately, and she’s tired of it. If something isn’t done to address health care issues in this country, Boyda said Americans may find themselves without it. “I don’t say health care is crashing and burning,” she said. “I think it’s grinding to a halt.”(Manhattan Mercury) Boyda discusses the finances of war: U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda this morning called for a “responsible re-deployment” of American military forces from Iraq largely based on available resources as opposed to partisan politics. Boyda, guest speaker at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee breakfast at the Clarion, said the U.S. doesn’t ”have the resources to continue this war in the manner it is going on.” The Democrat, three-plus months into her first term, said ”whether you thought we should get into Iraq or not, whether you think we should stay or not … the resources aren’t there. We are going to need to re-deploy, and it’s going to have to be done very, very carefully.”(CQ Politics) Ryun’s Rematch Bid in Kansas 2nd Draws Formidable GOP Competition: Democrat Nancy Boyda is still fresh from her win last November over Republican incumbent Jim Ryun in Kansas’ typically Republican 2nd District, a victory that was viewed as one of the biggest surprises in her party’s surge to a House majority. And Republicans – seeking to portray Boyda’s upset as more a result of the tough political environment of 2006 than about her own political strengths – already are scrambling for the nomination to challenge her in a general election that still is 19 months away. The race was joined this week by Republican state Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, who filed candidacy papers with federal election officials. She joins the rematch-minded Ryun, who waited only until January before declaring his intention to challenge Boyda in 2008. Though Ryun’s fundraising report for the first quarter of the year (which ended March 31) is not due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission until April 15, he has been claiming a sizable campaign nest egg. But if his early activities were aimed at preempting competition for the GOP nod, he did not succeed, at least in Jenkins’ case.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(McClatchy) Congress: Is manure hazardous waste? Spring has arrived in official Washington, bringing cherry blossoms, baseball and the politics of poop. It comes in the form of a question raised by some Farm Belt lawmakers on Capitol Hill: Should manure be classified as a hazardous waste? Kansas Republican Todd Tiahrt, another co-sponsor of the bill, said that allowing manure to be classified as a hazardous waste could result in more lawsuits, drive up costs for all farmers and drive more of them out of business. “We use it for fertilizer,” he said. “It smells bad, you know, and there are some problems. But if we start treating it like a hazardous waste, then a whole new set of laws kick into effect and it drives a whole bunch of costs that I think are unnecessary.”