Bill to appropriate $8,000,000,000 for superhighways. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. The Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee started hearing today on the proposed Bulkley Bill to Appropriate $8,000,000,000 to construct 10 superhighways throughout the United States, those who are planning the hearings were, left to right: Sen. John G. Townsend, Del.; Sen. Herbert E. Hitchcock, South Dakota; Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, Ohio, Chairman of the Committee and Author of The Bill; Sen. Prentiss Brown, Mich.; and Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo, of Calif., 2/16/38