>> your documentary has been selected as this year's grand prize winner. >> what? oh, my god? >> seventh and ninth grade sisters of blacksburg, virginia. many year's grand prize winners of our student cam documentary tempest talks which explores immigration policy. >> a refugee is defined as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence, and cannot return safely. >> with so many people fleeing their countries desperate without a home, politicians and institutes today are arguing over one urgent question. should the united states let more refugees into the country?

we received almost 3,000 entries from 46 states plus the district of columbia, england, germany, sing more, and taiwan. and now we're happy to announce our first place winners. in the middle school category, the first prize winners are eighth graders molly dougherty, camdyn lewis, and ava decker from intermediate school in scranton, pennsylvania, for their documentary u.s. gun violence, a complicated puzzle. the first place winner is 11th grader matthew gannon from washington d.c. for his documentary titled invisible

which deals with homelessness. matthew also won this year's fan favorite contest. he will receive an additional $500. for his piece enough is enough dealing with pharmaceutical pricing and our student cam first prize winner for the high school west category is ninth grader arundahi nair for her piece fossil fuels to renewables. the challenges of transitioning. congratulations to our winners. thank you to all the students and their teachers for competing and making this year's student cam competition a success. the top 21 winning entries will air on c-span in april and you can watch all 150 winning documentaries on-line at student cam.org. the house oversight and

government reform committee held a hearing yesterday about the death of an immigration and customs enforcement agent in the line of duty. the committee asked two official from the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms to testify about the investigation into the trafficking of guns later used in the murder. the atf officials did not -- the justice department inspector general did testify. this is two and a half hours. >> the oversight and government reform will come to order, and without objection, the chair has authorized to declear a recess at any time. we're here today to talk about atf's failures in the death