This, I think, is pretty sad. CNS News tells the following:

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) told CNSNews.com that there are “a number” of federal programs in existence for “no good reason” that the United States could “do without” to help trim the federal budget, which, for 2010, is estimated to have a $1.4 trillion deficit.
In an interview about the deficit and federal spending at the U.S. Capitol last week, CNSNews.com asked Hatch, “Is there a federal agency that you think should be closed?”
Hatch said, “Give me a chance. I’ll show you a number of them that I think we could do without.” . . .
When asked for a list of the agencies the senator was referencing, Hatch’s office directed CNSNews.com to Senator Tom Coburn’s office, who is leading efforts to eliminate duplication of services provided by several federal agencies.

As one of my friends noted this morning, “Senator Hatch has been in the Senate longer than most of Coburn’s staff have been alive.” Yet very sadly, he and his staff couldn’t name a single government program “we could do without.”

I suggest that Republicans in Congress catch up on small-government literature. And yes, Senator Coburn’s website is a good place to start.