Genre: government
Premise: The Vice President and his representatives have asserted that GAO lacks the statutory authority to examine the activities of the NEPDG, recognizing only GAOas authority to audit its financial transactions.
Hypothesis: The Vice President and his representatives have argued that GAO does not have the ability to investigate the actions of the NEPDG, the only authority GAO has is to audit its financial transactions. 
Relation: entailment