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Tipoffs: Congressional Testimony Newsletter for 2025-10-04 ( 1 items )  
Mother of Teen Who Died by Suicide After Interacting With AI Chatbots Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Megan Garcia, whose son died by suicide, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots": * * * Chair Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Megan Garcia. I am a wife, a lawyer, and above all, a mother to three precious boys, the joys of my life. Last year, my oldest son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide. He was just 14 years old. Sewell's death was the res more PR