The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee has announced that the campaign arm of the U.S. Senate GOP will match dollar-for-dollar any money spent by the Democratic Senatorial Congressional Committee in New Hampshire.

"Chuck Schumer and the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) have recently placed television buys totaling approximately $44.8 million in targeted Senate races across the country. I will not allow our Republican candidates to be outspent by the DSCC this cycle," U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said in a statement. "Therefore, it is my intention to give the NRSC's IE [Independent Expenditure] Unit the total budget to match the DSCC dollar for dollar in every state they run ads."

Ensign admitted that the NRSC does not currently have the money to match the DSCC but he hopes fellow Republicans will transfer money into the NRSC.

"While I am aware we do not currently have the funds to match the DSCC, I am giving our IE Unit this budget on faith -- faith that my Republican colleagues will step up to the challenge and transfer the funds necessary to remain competitive with the Democrats. I have informed my colleagues that it is now up to them."