Brad Garlinghouse hops within Los Angeles during the CLARITY Act’s decisive Senate week

Brad Garlinghouse’s Bombardier Global 6000, N100RP, completed a brief repositioning flight from near Inglewood to Van Nuys on May 18, the same week the crypto industry’s top policy priority, the CLARITY Act, faces a make-or-break deadline in the Senate Banking Committee hearing. Garlinghouse has warned that if the bill does not advance out of committee by the end of the third week of May, its chances will “drop precipitously” as campaign season for the midterms begins, per comments at Consensus Miami and XRP Las Vegas covered by [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/05/05/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-clarity-better-than-chaos-as-senate-hits-key-moment) and [benzinga.com](https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/26/05/52327882/ripple-ceo-says-decisive-weeks-for-crypto-policy-are-approaching).

The flight comes days after a stablecoin yield compromise cleared a key hurdle for the legislation, though Garlinghouse acknowledged the bill is imperfect, calling it a necessary set of tradeoffs. He said at XRP Las Vegas that if the Senate committee acts, the full chamber will likely pass the bill, but delays could push reform into the election cycle, per [chaingridnews.com](https://chaingridnews.com/2026/05/06/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-clarity-act-could-stall-before-midterms/).

Garlinghouse’s travel pattern has been busy: earlier in May he flew from Fort Lauderdale to London, then Oslo, before returning to California, according to recent flight logs. This short hop within Los Angeles suggests he remains in Southern California for meetings — possibly with lawmakers, industry partners, or Ripple’s institutional clients — rather than returning to his San Francisco base, as the clock ticks on the bill's survival.