Ryan T. Anderson (EPPC) Appointed to Presidential Religious Liberty Commission — Catholic-Integralist Stream Pipeline

On the National Day of Prayer, May 1, 2025, President Trump signs an executive order creating the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission and names EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson as a member. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick chairs the commission; former HHS Secretary Ben Carson is vice chair. Additional members include Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Robert Barron, and Rabbi Meier Soloveichik.

The commission is tasked with producing a report by July 4, 2026, on the foundations of religious liberty, current threats, and preservation strategies. Anderson’s appointment is the most direct EPPC-org-to-administration-role placement documented in the Trump 2 period. EPPC is a Project 2025 advisory board member; Roger Severino (HHS chapter author) is a senior EPPC fellow. The Religious Liberty Commission appointment is an advisory-body placement rather than an executive-branch confirmation, but it represents the EPPC’s formal role in the administration’s theological-policy infrastructure.

Anderson’s appointment connects the Catholic-integralist intellectual stream — represented institutionally by EPPC — to the administration’s formal religious-policy apparatus. EPPC language has been documented as the source for HHS anti-trans regulatory language (LGBTQ Nation, Feb. 2026), indicating that EPPC functions as a policy-transfer mechanism even where direct chapter-author placements in executive roles have not materialized (Severino was not placed in Trump 2 HHS).