Hawley questions Dr. Oz on transgender medicine for minors

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) took aim at President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, for his treatment of gender transition medicine for minors on his long-running television program. 

Oz, a celebrity surgeon and winner of multiple Emmy awards, charmed senators on the Finance Committee last week during his confirmation hearing, but the matter of gender transition medicine for minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries, did not come up during the nearly three hours of questioning. 

Hawley, who is not on the Finance Committee, submitted several questions to Oz for the record to inquire about his stance on the matter following the resurfacing of episodes of his television program in which he interviewed transgender-identifying children and

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