During the Monti Cabinet he is rapporteur of the Salva Italia decree and of the Stability Law for 2012, and he fought in particular for the increase of deductions for dependent children and for the financing of the Fund for social policies and non-self-sufficiency. Re-elected in the same constituency as leader in the 2013 general elections, on 2 May 2013 he was appointed by the Council of Ministers Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, alongside Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni in the Letta government, being confirmed in subsequent Renzi and Gentiloni governments under Pier Carlo Padoan.
