sentences:  Cox clashed strongly with FCC chairman James Lawrence Fly, who regularly released press statements attacking Cox and the committee.However, it was revealed that, shortly before the investigation began, Cox had been paid to represent a private party seeking favorable action from the FCC.Commissioner Clifford Durr petitioned Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn to remove Cox from the committee for conflict of interest, but Rayburn, a personal friend of Cox's, referred the issue to the Judiciary Committee, which concluded it had no authority in the matter.