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Meadows Introduces ‘Eliminating Porn from Agencies Act’

Sept. 19, 2014. Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), who represents Avery County in the U.S. House, introduced the Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act, which would prohibit federal employees from accessing pornographic or explicit material on government computers and devices.

Earlier this year, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General’s report revealed that one EPA employee was viewing as much as 6 hours of pornography a day in his government office. To date, the employee has yet to be fired.

“It’s appalling that it requires an act of Congress to ensure that federal agencies block access to these sites at work,” Congressman Meadows said.

“Allowing federal employees to access pornographic materials in the workplace creates an unprofessional and potentially hostile work environment for fellow workers,” Congressman Meadows said. “This bill is a common-sense measure that ensure federal workers aren’t viewing pornographic materials on the taxpayers’ dime,” he added.