Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” that the federal government should create an AI regulatory agency “like the FDA,” telling host Margaret Brennan, “Well, we need to set up an AI agency like the FDA.” Khanna said he does not know President Trump’s vision or whether he is using AI in an offensive capability, which would give him “a lot of pause.” Paraphrasing Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, he said AI must be regulated “like we regulate nuclear energy, electricity, aviation; have independent technical experts make sure AI is safe,” and rejected tech CEOs’ claims that AI is too complicated for Washington, saying “We have regulated very complex things.” Brennan noted Congress “hasn’t regulated a lot of things or come forward with much legislation of late,” and that Khanna sent letters to AI companies like DeepSeek and Alibaba urging them to follow the U.S.’s lead on slowing AI advancement until there are guardrails. Khanna said, “Winning an AI war is like winning a nuclear war,” calling it catastrophic for civilization, and cited two dangers: loss of control or misuse, saying Chinese firms have taken no actions on either. He called for an “international agreement” with Chinese President Xi Jinping on basic standards including international monitoring and checks through data centers; Xi is expected to meet Trump at Joint Base Andrews for a state visit on Wednesday. Khanna added that agreements