And we know this Government shutdown is costing us $200 million a day in lost productivity. But the shutdown comes a little closer to home when we put human faces on those numbers. One woman. an attorney from Seattle. called my office yesterday. She is trying to adopt a child in China. For months she has been filling out paperwork and dealing with bureaucratic redtape. She finally got her plane ticket but because the United States Consulate in China is closed. she cannot get her babys visa. So she was forced to postpone her trip. She has no idea when she will finally be united with her new baby daughter.