 as a commissioner on the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to help persecuted believers advance the cause of Christianity around the world. Last month, USCIRF, a congressionally mandated independent body of experts, set up to make recommendations to the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Congress on global religious freedom matters, welcomed three new commissioners, including Hartzler. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson nominated his former colleague, who served in the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress from 2011 to 2023.