Complex sentence: US President Bill Clinton originally signed the Rome Statute in 2000, but stated that he would not submit it to the Senate for advice and consent for ratification until the US government had a chance to assess the functioning of the Court.
Split into simpler sentences: US President Bill Clinton originally signed the Rome Statute in 2000. Clinton stated that he would not submit it to the Senate for advice and consent for ratification until the US government had a chance to assess the functioning of the Court.