WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to members of the news media while receiving a briefing about the ongoing wildfire season in the Oval Office at the White House on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden heard from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, California Governor Gavin Newsom and others. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Picture frames with family are seen behind US President Joe Biden as he speaks to the press before participating in a briefing regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before participating in a briefing regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before participating in a briefing, regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, as (L-R) US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and California Governor Gavin Newsom look on in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before participating in a briefing, regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, as (L-R) US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and California Governor Gavin Newsom look on in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before participating in a briefing regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before participating in a briefing regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and Federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)