JEFFERSON COUNTY - by Lauren Huet
The last day of early voting ended Friday evening. If you didn't vote, you'll have the opportunity on election day Tuesday.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Randy Weber is running for re-election in District 14, which includes Jefferson County, Brazoria County, and Galveston County.
Democratic candidate Don Brown is challenging him.
Congressman Randy Weber is running for re-election. He's on the House Committee of Foreign Affairs, and believes the Islamic state group ISIS, or ISIL, is a threat to national security.
"Absolutely, they say that they intend to come over here. Of course, they've executed two Americans, a couple other citizens now," said Congressman Weber. "We've got a porous southern border, I was vice chairmen of the borders committee in the Texas legislature, I know what the border is like."
Weber says Texas needs a secure border.
"ISIL can come across, they can get into Mexico, they can come across our southern border," said Weber. "Homeland Security, CIA, FBI and some of those agencies have publicly stated they're quite sure that there already are cells in America, sleeper cells, if you want to call it that. So, we have got to get a secure border."
"In my district, we've been around, we've talked to a lot of constituents, and our American constituents in this district 14 want us to fight ISIS or ISIL over there, not over here," said Weber.
Weber says he believes the U.S. should build a coalition of communities in the Middle East, and if the U.S. sends troops, President Obama should "un-handcuff the American military."
"If we are going to go over there shock and awe need to be the order of the day," said Weber. "We ought to eradicate the roach pile, and I get it, the roaches are going to scatter. They're going to come back. That's where the communities in the neighborhood [Middle East], they'll be the exit strategy. That's number four. Our exit strategy is leave them in charge and when [ISIS] come back they can handle them one by one."
Weber is also on the global health subcommittee.
"We sent a letter saying Mr. President, stop the flights from the Ebola ridden countries," said Weber. The CDC director even went so far as to say, that if we do that we are going to negatively impact their economies. I'm sorry, I'm not concerned about those foreign countries' economies. I'm concerned about Americans."
Weber lives in Friendswood in District 14. His opponent Don Brown lives in Vidor, just outside the congressional district.
"I think Washington is broken," said Brown. "I believe that one party, well actually both parties have lost their sight, which is to govern for the people."
Brown is running as the Democratic candidate.
"Instead we've become a society where rich people can buy an election," said Brown, "and I'm just a regular guy that's decided it's time that we put American people, instead of American corporations and profits, first."
He supports a path to citizenship for people who have been in the country more than ten years.
"With immigration, I believe we should go back to the way that immigration was before the 20th century," said Brown. "Which was if you got here, you kept your nose clean, and you worked hard you were an American citizen."
Brown believes the U.S. should provide aid to countries in Central and Southern America, to help stem the flow of undocumented immigrants across the border.
"We need to help work with our neighbors to the north and south to make sure that their situations in those countries are not bad enough that you would put a child on a tr
