AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott’s is moving forward with his plan to try to rein in the federal government and give more power back to the states. On Tuesday, Abbott attended and delivered remarks at the Convention of States legislation filing announcement.

The filing commits Texas to take part in a Convention of States but it’ll still take work to get other states on board. Abbott is hoping to change that.

Abbott’s focus is on Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution, which involves amending the constitution. Over the past the several years, Abbott has taken on the federal government—specifically President Barack Obama’s administration—on everything from healthcare to gun rights to immigration. When he was the state’s attorney general, Abbott sued the federal government more than 30 times.

“I sued because the President was using executive orders to himself rewrite the constitution. I sued the federal government because Congress was empowering bureaucrats to run your lives in ways that violate the separation of powers. And I sued because the United States Supreme Court was rewriting the Constitution,” said Abbott.

At the beginning 2016, Abbott offered the following constitutional amendments:

Prohibit Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one State. Require Congress to balance its budget. Prohibit administrative agencies—and the unelected bureaucrats that staff them—from creating federal law. Prohibit administrative agencies—and the unelected bureaucrats that staff them—from preempting state law. Allow a two-thirds majority of the States to override a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Require a seven-justice super-majority vote for U.S. Supreme Court decisions that invalidate a democratically enacted law. Restore the balance of power between the federal and state governments by limiting the former to the powers expressly delegated to it in the Constitution. Give state officials the power to sue in federal court when federal officials overstep their bounds. Allow a two-thirds majority of the States to override a federal law or regulation.

“The President-elect Donald Trump epitomizes exactly why we need a Convention of States. We need states to lead the way in proposing constitutional amendments,” continued Abbott.