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.

Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expressed skepticism about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s, President Trump’s pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, views on abortion and transgender rights. “I’ve been reading up on Dr. Oz – I see he’s praised trans surgeries for minors and supported hormone treatments & puberty blockers for kids in the past,

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted Mehmet Oz's past support for abortion rights and gender-affirming surgeries for minors, calling into question his nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.