An employee at the Environmental Protection Agency allegedly downloaded over 7,000 files of pornography on a government computer and watched them two to six hours per day, the agency’s investigative unit revealed Wednesday.

“When an OIG special agent arrived at this employee’s work space to conduct an interview, the special agent witnessed the employee actively viewing pornography on his government-issued computer,” Allan Williams, deputy assistant inspector general for investigations at the EPA, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “Subsequently, the employee confessed to spending, on average, between two and six hours per day viewing pornography while at work,” he added. The employee’s identity has not yet been released pending an ongoing Justice Department investigation, but he is still on the government’s payroll earning about $120,000 per year.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) expressed outrage at EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe during the Wednesday hearing, demanding to know why the employee hasn’t been terminated yet.

“Fire him! What’s the question?” Chaffetz said.

“We need to wait for the inspector general’s report. I don’t know if they’re going to send him a criminal notice,” Perciasepe responded.

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Wednesday at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Allan Williams confirmed to Rep. John Mica (R-FL) that an employee at the agency that had downloaded more than 7,000 pornographic files onto a government computer and viewed them for two to six hours a day received bonuses.

Williams said he was unable to confirm that assertion, but Bob Perciasepe, the deputy administrator of the EPA, confirmed it.

“I can answer that, Mr. Mica,” Perciasepe said. “Yes, he did receive performance awards.”

Now, try to get away with that in the private sector.