In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Statement: you know it's it's a matter of i i don't think you know i hate to get government involved with anything because it always costs more money but um you know it's a matter of they're going to have to pass stricter laws or start making Choices: 1. I don't want the government to be involved in everything but with the environment, it's a must. 2. Honestly, I think the government should regulate everything and thankfully our laws our strict enough. 3. I'm not sure you know that I dislike government involvement in our lives.
3

Statement: GAO's work on Y2K began through its research and development program, but the vital importance of this issue has manifested itself in many congressional requests for work that the agency received in fiscal years 1998 and 1999. Choices: 1. The extreme importance of the Y2K issue caused a number of requests for work from GOA. 2. GOA investigated the Y2K issue because it a widespread impact on financial institutions and businesses. 3. The Y2K issue was widely ignored and required little to no work to resolve.
1

Statement: yeah well last year he was a little bit young for having one Choices: 1. He wasn't old enough last year. 2. He will be old enough this year. 3. He was old enough last year to have one.
1