Premise: In fact, the Vice Presidentas Counsel has already informed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Government Reform, that the meetings the support staff and other NEPDG members had were to gather information relevant to the NEPDGas work and were not deliberative in

Hypothesis: The meetings were to gather information about NEPDGas work and not to persuade the committee to act in a certain way.
Relation: neutral