Former Crypto Czar David Sacks and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig both asked the Senate to approve the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) on Wednesday, April 9.
The documents came four days before the Senate returns from its Easter recess on April 13, and the Banking Committee. a symbol expected in late April.
Pressure on Unity Before the Senate Reconvenes
Sacks, who recently ended his role as White House AI and crypto czarwrote that the GENIUS Act already established US leadership on stablecoins.
He said the CLARITY Act would extend this to all other digital products by providing clear rules.
“…the time to act is now. Senate banks and the entire Senate will approve the market. I’m confident they will. Then President Trump will sign this landmark bill into law,” Sacks. he emphasized.
Minutes earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked the Senate Banking Committee to sit send the money to the president’s desk.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig also endorsed Bessent’s call and said he and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins are ready to implement the rules.
According to Selig, the bill is a way to protect digital asset markets from being changed in the future under the leadership of another administration.
Likewise, the SEC’s Paul Atkins is urging Congress to act more aggressively against fraudulent regulators and advance market-related legislation on President Trump’s desk.
“Project Crypto is designed so that as soon as Congress acts, the SEC and CFTC are ready to implement the CLARITY Act,” he wrote Atkins.
The End of April Window Has Lots of Activities
Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed that the Banking Committee would try to mark in the second half of April.
Senator Bernie Moreno warned that if the bill does not pass in May, the digital content laws could be put on hold until the end of November 2026.
The CLARITY Act passed the House 294-134 in July 2025. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its portion in January 2026.
However, the Banking Regulatory Commission has suspended it twice, first in January due to stablecoin harvesting disputes and again in March.
Wednesday related messages from major numbers associated with leadership suggests the White House is pushing harder as the Senate’s final window opens next week.
A note Trump’s Inner Circle Meets Behind CLARITY Act Days Before Congress Returns appeared for the first time BeInCrypto.
