First on FOX: R-Mo. Sen. Josh Hawley of the politicians will vote to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) nominations after securing his commitment to transgender treatment for minors and abortions.
“Based on this, I will vote to confirm him. I feel comfortable vote for him as he moved in with the president because I am sure he has left his previous position,” he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Monday.
The senator revealed that Oz responded to his enquiries and in a series of posts about X earlier in the day, denying his past stance on transgender treatment for minors and abortion.
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Josh Hawley was concerned about where Dr. Oz stood about abortion and transgender treatment for minors. (Reuters)
“Dr. Oz answered my question: past support for trans treatment for minors and his critique of his life. Oz now denys his previous support for trans surgery and drugs for minor children. He pledges “chemical and surgical amputations of children.”
“He also goes back past his criticism of the state’s pro-life laws, supporting the DOBBS decision and says he is “explicitly pro-life.” He vows to enforce protection of conscience and end abuse of [the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act]and I’m working to end the funding of abortion providers,” he continued.
“This was a really big change in position for him,” he explained, adding that he was “pleased” to Oz’s response.
“When it comes [transgender] The issues and the issues of life are, as explained by Missouri Republicans, unnegotiable for me. “I want to know that these people are 100% clear.”
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Oz will soon face all Senate votes. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
“All members of the Trump administration work from the same playbook as President Trump’s Playbook, restoring common sense policies and struggling with left-wing ideological nonsense to our government,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital in a statement. “We look forward to a quick confirmation of Dr. Oz, and we look forward to being able to join the rest of the HHS All-Star team.
At the beginning of the month, Holy sent Oz a list of questions, specifically investigating him on these issues. As of last week, Holy said the candidate hadn’t responded, but the senator called it “strange.”
Oz previously used his television program as a platform for those who supported and promoted transgender treatment, especially for minors. Specifically, he hosted two trans kids on the show on the 2010 show in the segment “Transgender Kids: Too Young Too Young to Decide”.
He also raised concerns about state laws restricting abortion in a 2019 interview on the popular radio show The Breakfast Club.
It’s “a challenge for everyone,” he said at the time.
And, on a “personal level,” Oz didn’t like abortion, but he also believed that he shouldn’t “stomp other people’s.”
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Oz also opposed government jurisdiction over abortion subject when he ran for the Pennsylvania Senate in 2022 as a Republican.
“The federal government doesn’t want to get involved in it,” he argued in a discussion with Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA. “I can move forward with the best ideas forward to a democracy that wants women, doctors, local political leaders and allows our nation to thrive forever, and make it their own decisions.”
Holy’s commitment from Oz is the latest he received from Trump candidates who consider them for confirmation. He previously received assurances on the same issue from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now Director General of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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When he became the leader of current Food and Drug Administration Dr. Marty McCurry, Holy led a successful campaign to secure the resignation of the top FDA lawyer who supported access to abortion drugs in prominent lawsuits while at former President Joe Biden’s Department (DOJ).
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“I’m just looking at my role for those who have to vote, and I want to know that these people are on the line with the president,” Holy said. [and] It’s really strong about the problem.”
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business and is a major reporter in the US Senate. She was previously a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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