 When the disaster first hit, President Biden came by and he flew over the area and he said, don't worry, this was caused by the federal government and we were going to make this whole. Cruz remembers people cheering. FEMA was coming to make it right. After all, the federal government started the fire. Soon after, Congress allocated nearly $4 billion to victims, ordering FEMA to distribute the money within 180 days after people filed a claim.