for a more detailed look at senator portman's week, please see the following: monday, september 8, 2020 portman joins senate colleagues in introducing bipartisan resolution in support of belarusian people portman joined senators jim risch (r-id) and bob menendez (d-nj), chairman and ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, along with senators chris murphy (d-ct), marco rubio (r-fl), dick durbin (d-il),   graham (r-sc), jeanne shaheen (d-nh), ben cardin (d-md), mitt romney (r-ut), chris coons (d-de), ron johnson (r-wi), and tim kaine (d-va), in introducing a resolution condemning the crackdown on peaceful protestors in belarus and calling for the imposition of sanctions on responsible officials. 