This report contains a transcript of the hearing discussing federal efforts in science and mathematics education held before the Subcommittee on Veterans Administration (VA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Independent Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations. Spokespersons for the Executive Office of the President--Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Education, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were asked to make statements on the goals, programs, coordination between agencies, and monies needed to bring about permanent and sustained reform in science education. Examples of abstracts from new and continuing programs funded by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science National Program are included. (KR)