 In years 2006-2007 he served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland in Jarosław Kaczyński's government.He was elected to Sejm in 2001 and reelected on September 25, 2005, receiving 31,253 votes in 33 Kielce district as a candidate on the Law and Justice list.He was the majority leader between November 3, 2005 and July 19, 2006.