(From L) US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Randy Moore (appearing via video), Chief of the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, and Robert J. Fenton, Jr. (appearing via video), the Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 9, and US President Joe Biden listen as US Vice President Kamala Harris (2nd L) speaks during a briefing on the federal response to the wildfires across Los Angeles in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025. Rebuilding after the fires that left some Los Angeles neighborhoods in smoldering ruins over the past week will carry a staggering cost in the billions of dollars, US President Joe Biden said in a briefing with emergency officials. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)