Bill Clinton actually said...
The new Executive order, which implements the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, strengthens Executive Order 12938 by amending section 3 to authorize the United States to implement important provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction.
Context
Message to the Congress on Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act
06/24/1999