Bill Clinton actually said...

"I have determined that it is appropriate to designate Ukraine as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences."

"The U.N. sanctions remain in place; the United States will continue to enforce those sanctions under domestic authority."

"This action will help us reach our objective: open markets that will create better jobs and increase wages at home and abroad."

"I think that it's very, very important that while all this is going on, that the activity around it should be handled in such a way as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict."