US lawmakers investigating the Flint water crisis have called on Michigan's governor and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resign.
During joint testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the pair were accused of not acting quickly enough on the scandal.
Flint, a working class, mostly African-American city of 100,000 people, switched water supplies to the Flint River from Detroit's water system in 2014, to save money.
The corrosive river water stripped lead from the city's water pipes.
Blood samples taken from children in Flint have contained high levels of lead, which can damage the nervous system.
Governor Rick Snyder told lawmakers in Thursday's hearing: "Let me be blunt. We all failed the families of Flint."
But Democratic Representative Matt Cartwright snapped at the Republican governor: "I've had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies."
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